Counties in New Mexico by mean travel time to work

Name: Counties in New Mexico by mean travel time to work, 2023
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Torrance County had the highest mean travel time to work of 26 counties in 2023, at 36.6 minutes. Los Alamos County had the lowest, at 14.4 minutes. The median was 22.5 minutes and the figure for New Mexico was 23.2 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest36.6Torrance County

Lowest14.4Los Alamos County

Median22.526 counties

New Mexico23.2History

All counties, 2023

CSV Chart (SVG)

minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2023 minutes	Change on 2022
1	Torrance County Estimated	36.6	+0.1
2	Sandoval County Estimated	30.2	+1.1
3	Valencia County Estimated	28.9	-1
4	Rio Arriba County Estimated	28.8	+0.2
5	Lea County Estimated	25.2	+0.7
6	McKinley County Estimated	25	-0.1
7	San Juan County Estimated	23.8	-0.4
8	Taos County Estimated	23.6	+1
9	Hidalgo County Estimated	23.3	+0.2
9	Santa Fe County Estimated	23.3	-0.3
11	Bernalillo County Estimated	22.9	+0.2
11	Cibola County Estimated	22.9	+0.3
13	Otero County Estimated	22.7	+0.5
14	Doña Ana County Estimated	22.4	-0.1
15	Lincoln County Estimated	21.2	+0.4
15	San Miguel County Estimated	21.2	+1
17	Eddy County Estimated	19.9	0
18	Colfax County Estimated	18.8	+0.4
19	Chaves County Estimated	18.6	+0.3
19	Grant County Estimated	18.6	-0.7
21	Luna County Estimated	18.5	-3.1
22	Roosevelt County Estimated	16.7	-0.5
23	Curry County Estimated	16.1	-0.5
24	Quay County Estimated	15.4	-0.5
25	Socorro County Estimated	14.8	n/a
26	Los Alamos County Estimated	14.4	-1.6

Other periods

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2022
2021

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. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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/2023/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 36.6 minutes in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest mean travel time to work?

Los Alamos County, with 14.4 minutes in 2023.

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. 1 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.