Work & commute · Cliff

Work & commute in Cliff, NM

Most working residents leave Cliff for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Silver City (37%), Albuquerque (5%) and Las Cruces (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 65 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 61 Cliff residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cliff.

61live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cliff goes to work

Silver City24 mi away

37%24

Cliff (in town)right here

6%4

Albuquerque185.9 mi away

5%3

Las Cruces115.2 mi away

5%3

Alamogordo154 mi away

3%2

El Paso, TX149.1 mi away

3%2

Snowflake, AZ136.8 mi away

2%1

Colorado Springs, CO461.2 mi away

2%1

Reserve52 mi away

2%1

Bayard31.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%23

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

How far

How far Cliff commutes

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

40%

20%

31%

9%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cliff is a job hub

2.06jobs 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 Cliff are

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

Jobs based in Cliff

134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Cliff residents hold

65 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+25%

Jobs based in Cliff, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 134. 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.