Work & commute · Cimarron

Work & commute in Cimarron, NM

Most working residents leave Cimarron for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Angel Fire (26%), Springer (12%) and Albuquerque (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 228 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 211 Cimarron residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cimarron.

211live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cimarron goes to work

Angel Fire21.4 mi away

26%59

Springer19.9 mi away

12%27

Cimarron (in town)right here

7%17

Albuquerque137.4 mi away

7%16

Raton36.9 mi away

3%7

Santa Fe83.7 mi away

3%6

Maxwell20.5 mi away

2%4

Las Vegas64.7 mi away

2%4

Taos38.2 mi away

1%3

Las Cruces308.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%82

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

How far

How far Cimarron commutes

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

15%

46%

30%

15%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cimarron is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cimarron are

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

Jobs based in Cimarron

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Cimarron residents hold

228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−25%

Jobs based in Cimarron, 2013 → 2023: 261 → 197. 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.