Photo: John Karl Hillers · Public domainMost of Zia Pueblo commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
About one in seven work in Zia Pueblo; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (28%, 30 miles). 107 jobs are based in Zia Pueblo, against 318 working residents. 1% of workers work from home, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Zia Pueblo, in brief
28% of Zia Pueblo works in Albuquerque
89 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Albuquerque, 30 miles away. That’s twice as many as work in Zia Pueblo itself. The commute map ↓
Zia Pueblo workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across New Mexico. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Zia Pueblo workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 318 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Zia Pueblo’s working residents head each day
Where Zia Pueblo clocks in
28% of workers
9% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
From Zia Pueblo, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Zia Pueblo workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 308 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across New Mexico: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Zia Pueblo, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 277 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Zia Pueblo on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Most jobs in Zia Pueblo are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Zia Pueblo, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 107. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Zia Pueblo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Zia Pueblo, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Zia Pueblo: questions
What is the median household income in Zia Pueblo?
$56,518 (±$10,719) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Zia Pueblo?
5.8%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Zia Pueblo?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Zia Pueblo work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (28%, 30 mi), Los Alamos (9%, 35 mi), Rio Rancho (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Zia Pueblo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Zia Pueblo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Zia Pueblo
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.