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Counties With the Shortest Commute in New Mexico (2026)

De Baca has the lowest commute time of any county in New Mexico, at 11.4, followed by Quay and Los Alamos (data vintage 2020-2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in New Mexico

Top 25 of 33 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in New Mexico
RankCountyValue
1De Baca11.4
2Quay11.4
3Los Alamos14.7
4Sierra14.8
5Roosevelt15.7
6Socorro16.2
7Curry16.5
8Union16.7
9Grant17.9
10Luna19.1
11Chaves19.3
12Guadalupe19.7
13Colfax19.9
14Lincoln20.0
15Harding20.6
16Eddy21.4
17Otero22.1
18Hidalgo22.2
19San Miguel22.7
20Doña Ana22.8
21Bernalillo22.9
22Santa Fe23.8
23Cibola24.0
24San Juan24.2
25Lea24.4

How this ranking works

This page ranks New Mexico counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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