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Work & commute · Cannon AFB

Work & commute in Cannon AFB, NM

Most working residents leave Cannon AFB for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Clovis (29%), Albuquerque (10%) and Lubbock (6%). Half commute less than 101 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
10 of 313 working residents
Typical commute
101 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
8 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 303 Cannon AFB residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 641 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cannon AFB.

303live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
641work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cannon AFB goes to work

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1
Clovis8 mi away
29%92
2
Albuquerque195.5 mi away
10%31
3
Lubbock, TX99.5 mi away
6%19
4
Amarillo, TX101.5 mi away
4%12
5
Cannon AFB (in town)right here
3%10
6
Portales14.3 mi away
3%8
7
Roswell98.5 mi away
2%7
8
Santa Fe174.8 mi away
2%6
9
Las Vegas136.7 mi away
2%5
10
Las Cruces245.6 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%118

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

How far

How far Cannon AFB commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
5%10–24 mi
1%25–50 mi
59%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cannon AFB is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cannon AFB are

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

Jobs based in Cannon AFB

651 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less6%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%
Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Cannon AFB residents hold

313 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month33%
+32%

Jobs based in Cannon AFB, 2013 → 2023: 493 → 651. 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.

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