Albuquerque

City Commute Profile

Albuquerque, NM

Where Albuquerque’s 258,611 resident workers go each day — 72.0% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Kirtland AFB.

New MexicoLODES 2023 data
66
Commute Score

66 / 100

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

Albuquerque at a glance
Employed Residents
258,611
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
72.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
15.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Kirtland AFB
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque 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.

Albuquerque

258,611 commutes, one dot at a time

Albuquerque

Where 258,611 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Albuquerque0.0 mi186,090
2Kirtland AFB5.3 mi11,974
3Rio Rancho12.3 mi9,672
4Santa Fe52.4 mi6,344
5North Valley4.3 mi5,318
6South Valley6.9 mi4,867
7Los Lunas21.9 mi1,926
8Los Alamos56.7 mi1,663

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Albuquerque.

1Albuquerque0.0 mi186,090
2Rio Rancho12.3 mi26,454
3South Valley6.9 mi10,918
4Santa Fe52.4 mi5,315
5Los Lunas21.9 mi3,775
6North Valley4.3 mi3,143
7Las Cruces192.2 mi1,954
8Corrales8.7 mi1,899

Top industries

The sectors that employ Albuquerque’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 Assistance20.3%
RTRetail Trade12.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.4%
EDEducational Services8.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.5%
COConstruction5.7%
PAPublic Administration5.2%
FIFinance and Insurance4.6%

Albuquerque city profile

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

Population
562,218
Median age
38.8yrs
Median household income
$68,317
Median home value
$291,500
Median gross rent
$1,145/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
39.2%
Poverty rate
15.5%

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 Albuquerque

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

7 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps72%
5 Gbps4%
8 Gbps4%
See all internet providers in Albuquerque

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).