Work & commute · Carrizozo

Work & commute in Carrizozo, NM

About one in 5 of Carrizozo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (11%), Capitan (6%) and Ruidoso (4%). Half commute less than 78 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

52 of 248 working residents

Typical commute

78 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 196 Carrizozo residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrizozo.

196live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carrizozo goes to work

Carrizozo (in town)right here

21%52

Albuquerque110.9 mi away

11%28

Capitan15.7 mi away

6%14

Ruidoso22.6 mi away

4%11

Corona44.2 mi away

4%10

Clovis161.2 mi away

4%10

Roswell77.8 mi away

3%7

Los Lunas96.7 mi away

2%5

Taos190.1 mi away

2%4

Rio Rancho123.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%103

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

How far

How far Carrizozo commutes

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

22%

16%

53%

22%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carrizozo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrizozo are

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

Jobs based in Carrizozo

250 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Carrizozo residents hold

248 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−21%

Jobs based in Carrizozo, 2013 → 2023: 316 → 250. 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.