Counties in New Mexico by mean travel time to work, 2024

Torrance County had the highest mean travel time to work of 25 counties in 2024, at 37.3 minutes. Quay County had the lowest, at 11.4 minutes. The median was 22.7 minutes and the figure for New Mexico was 23.5 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest37.3Torrance County
Lowest11.4Quay County
Median22.725 counties
New Mexico23.5History

All counties, 2024

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Torrance CountyTorrance County: 37.3 minutes37.3Sandoval CountySandoval County: 30.3 minutes30.3Valencia CountyValencia County: 30.2 minutes30.2Rio Arriba CountyRio Arriba County: 30.1 minutes30.1McKinley CountyMcKinley County: 27 minutes27Taos CountyTaos County: 25.5 minutes25.5Lea CountyLea County: 24.4 minutes24.4San Juan CountySan Juan County: 24.2 minutes24.2Cibola CountyCibola County: 24 minutes24Santa Fe CountySanta Fe County: 23.8 minutes23.8Bernalillo CountyBernalillo County: 22.9 minutes22.9Doña Ana CountyDoña Ana County: 22.8 minutes22.8San Miguel CountySan Miguel County: 22.7 minutes22.7Hidalgo CountyHidalgo County: 22.2 minutes22.2Otero CountyOtero County: 22.1 minutes22.1Eddy CountyEddy County: 21.4 minutes21.4Lincoln CountyLincoln County: 20 minutes20Colfax CountyColfax County: 19.9 minutes19.9Chaves CountyChaves County: 19.3 minutes19.3Luna CountyLuna County: 19.1 minutes19.1Grant CountyGrant County: 17.9 minutes17.9Curry CountyCurry County: 16.5 minutes16.5Roosevelt CountyRoosevelt County: 15.7 minutes15.7Los Alamos CountyLos Alamos County: 14.7 minutes14.7Quay CountyQuay County: 11.4 minutes11.4
minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024
minutes
Change on 2023
1Torrance County Estimated37.3+0.7
2Sandoval County Estimated30.3+0.1
3Valencia County Estimated30.2+1.3
4Rio Arriba County Estimated30.1+1.3
5McKinley County Estimated27+2
6Taos County Estimated25.5+1.9
7Lea County Estimated24.4-0.8
8San Juan County Estimated24.2+0.4
9Cibola County Estimated24+1.1
10Santa Fe County Estimated23.8+0.5
11Bernalillo County Estimated22.90
12Doña Ana County Estimated22.8+0.4
13San Miguel County Estimated22.7+1.5
14Hidalgo County Estimated22.2-1.1
15Otero County Estimated22.1-0.6
16Eddy County Estimated21.4+1.5
17Lincoln County Estimated20-1.2
18Colfax County Estimated19.9+1.1
19Chaves County Estimated19.3+0.7
20Luna County Estimated19.1+0.6
21Grant County Estimated17.9-0.7
22Curry County Estimated16.5+0.4
23Roosevelt County Estimated15.7-1
24Los Alamos County Estimated14.7+0.3
25Quay County Estimated11.4-4

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About this ranking

Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.

ACS five-year estimates: the period labels the final year of the five-year survey window, not a single calendar year. Calculated from aggregate minutes in B08135 and workers in B08303, with both inputs stored. Missing or suppressed county inputs are left out. Not mixed with ACS one-year estimates.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Questions

Which county has the highest mean travel time to work?

Torrance County, with 37.3 minutes in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest mean travel time to work?

Quay County, with 11.4 minutes in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home. Retrieved 2026-10-10. 2 counties have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.

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