Work & commute · Animas

Work & commute in Animas, NM

Most working residents leave Animas for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lordsburg (23%), Silver City (4%) and Socorro (4%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

59 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 46 Animas residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Animas.

46live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Animas goes to work

Lordsburg28.2 mi away

23%11

Silver City65.6 mi away

4%2

Socorro182.7 mi away

4%2

Albuquerque251.3 mi away

4%2

Las Cruces120.9 mi away

4%2

Morenci, AZ82.8 mi away

4%2

Animas (in town)right here

4%2

Cotton City12.2 mi away

4%2

Duncan, AZ58 mi away

2%1

Thatcher, AZ82 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%21

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

How far

How far Animas commutes

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

33%

57%

7%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Animas is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Animas are

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

Jobs based in Animas

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Animas residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−36%

Jobs based in Animas, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 51. 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.