Work & commute · Atoka

Work & commute in Atoka, NM

Most working residents leave Atoka for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Artesia (40%), Carlsbad (9%) and Albuquerque (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 436 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 423 Atoka residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atoka.

423live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

482work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atoka goes to work

Artesia5.2 mi away

40%175

Carlsbad27.7 mi away

9%39

Albuquerque206.1 mi away

4%19

Hobbs71.7 mi away

3%14

Roswell41.7 mi away

3%13

Atoka (in town)right here

3%13

Midland, TX142.9 mi away

1%6

Las Cruces143 mi away

1%5

Hagerman23.4 mi away

1%4

Deming198.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%144

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

How far

How far Atoka commutes

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

54%

16%

25%

54%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atoka is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Atoka are

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

Jobs based in Atoka

495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Atoka residents hold

436 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+25%

Jobs based in Atoka, 2013 → 2023: 397 → 495. 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.