Work & commute · Anthony

Work & commute in Anthony, NM

Most working residents leave Anthony for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (36%), Las Cruces (16%) and Albuquerque (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

435 of 3,290 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 2,855 Anthony residents head out of town to work, 435 work right here, and 3,437 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anthony.

2,855live here, work elsewhere

435live and work here

3,437work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anthony goes to work

El Paso, TX15.1 mi away

36%1,178

Las Cruces24.4 mi away

16%523

Anthony (in town)right here

13%435

Albuquerque213.6 mi away

3%109

Anthony, TX1.8 mi away

3%88

Santa Teresa10.7 mi away

2%61

Vinton, TX3.7 mi away

2%59

Sunland Park13.1 mi away

2%58

Santa Fe254.6 mi away

1%22

Alamogordo70.6 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%736

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

How far

How far Anthony commutes

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

24%

58%

13%

24%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anthony is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Anthony are

3,872 jobs are based in Anthony. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anthony’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anthony

3,872 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Anthony residents hold

3,290 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month35%

+14%

Jobs based in Anthony, 2013 → 2023: 3,408 → 3,872. 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.