Work & commute · Alamogordo

Work & commute in Alamogordo, NM

49% of Alamogordo’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (8%), Albuquerque (5%) and Holloman AFB (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49%

5,187 of 10,546 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,359 Alamogordo residents head out of town to work, 5,187 work right here, and 4,349 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alamogordo.

5,359live here, work elsewhere

5,187live and work here

4,349work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alamogordo goes to work

Alamogordo (in town)right here

49%5,187

Las Cruces61.6 mi away

8%806

Albuquerque158.4 mi away

5%517

Holloman AFB8.1 mi away

3%329

El Paso, TX76.6 mi away

3%324

Roswell89.6 mi away

2%260

Ruidoso36.4 mi away

2%193

Carlsbad105.6 mi away

2%164

Hobbs163.1 mi away

1%107

Tularosa13.6 mi away

1%95

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%2,564

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alamogordo commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

56%

37%

56%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alamogordo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alamogordo are

9,536 jobs are based in Alamogordo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alamogordo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alamogordo

9,536 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Alamogordo residents hold

10,546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−4%

Jobs based in Alamogordo, 2013 → 2023: 9,923 → 9,536. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.