Rio Rancho

City Commute Profile

Rio Rancho, NM

Where Rio Rancho’s 50,866 resident workers go each day — 19.0% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Albuquerque.

New MexicoLODES 2023 data
44
Commute Score

44 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Rio Rancho at a glance
Employed Residents
50,866
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
19.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
15.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Albuquerque
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Rio Rancho proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Rio Rancho commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Rio Rancho

50,866 commutes, one dot at a time

Rio Rancho

Where 50,866 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Rio Rancho, by worker count.

1Albuquerque12.3 mi26,454
2Rio Rancho0.0 mi9,675
3Santa Fe46.9 mi2,909
4Kirtland AFB17.2 mi1,258
5Bernalillo7.0 mi1,075
6Los Alamos46.7 mi1,006
7North Valley8.3 mi921
8South Valley18.0 mi480

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Rio Rancho.

1Rio Rancho0.0 mi9,675
2Albuquerque12.3 mi9,672
3Santa Fe46.9 mi462
4South Valley18.0 mi417
5Bernalillo7.0 mi403
6Corrales4.6 mi329
7North Valley8.3 mi200
8Los Lunas33.0 mi158

Top industries

The sectors that employ Rio Rancho’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance15.9%
MFManufacturing13.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services11.7%
EDEducational Services11.7%
RTRetail Trade10.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.3%
COConstruction8.2%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.5%
WSWholesale Trade2.6%

Rio Rancho city profile

Who lives in Rio Rancho — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
108,515
Median age
39.5yrs
Median household income
$89,596
Median home value
$310,200
Median gross rent
$1,514/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
34.0%
Poverty rate
7.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Rio Rancho

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps63%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Rio Rancho

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