Work & commute · Chaparral

Work & commute in Chaparral, NM

Most working residents leave Chaparral for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (37%), Las Cruces (10%) and Anthony (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

336 of 4,565 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 4,229 Chaparral residents head out of town to work, 336 work right here, and 681 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chaparral.

4,229live here, work elsewhere

336live and work here

681work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chaparral goes to work

El Paso, TX13.7 mi away

37%1,701

Las Cruces29.7 mi away

10%447

Anthony11.5 mi away

9%428

Chaparral (in town)right here

7%336

Albuquerque211.9 mi away

6%268

Sunland Park19 mi away

1%62

Alamogordo63.5 mi away

1%62

Santa Teresa19.7 mi away

1%56

Carlsbad128.9 mi away

1%36

Santa Fe251.1 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,133

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

How far

How far Chaparral commutes

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

10%

54%

13%

22%

10%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chaparral is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chaparral are

1,017 jobs are based in Chaparral. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chaparral’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chaparral

1,017 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Chaparral residents hold

4,565 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+87%

Jobs based in Chaparral, 2013 → 2023: 544 → 1,017. 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.