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Work & commute in Cloudcroft, NM

Most working residents leave Cloudcroft for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Alamogordo (20%), Albuquerque (9%) and High Rolls (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
14%
28 of 197 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
25%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 169 Cloudcroft residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cloudcroft.

169live here, work elsewhere
28live and work here
311work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cloudcroft goes to work

CloudcroftTularosaArtesiaAlamogordoRoswellAlbuquerqueLas CrucesSanta FeEl PasoUniversity ParkTwin ForksBoles AcresHigh RollsChaparralAlamogordoAlbuquerqueHigh RollsLas CrucesEl PasoSanta FeArtesiaUniversity ParkChaparralCloudcroft
1
Alamogordo14.2 mi away
20%39
2
Cloudcroft (in town)right here
14%28
3
Albuquerque157.7 mi away
9%18
4
High Rolls4.3 mi away
6%11
5
Las Cruces75.2 mi away
4%7
6
El Paso, TX86.5 mi away
4%7
7
Santa Fe187.8 mi away
3%6
8
Artesia76.2 mi away
3%5
9
University Park75.2 mi away
3%5
10
Chaparral74 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%68

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

How far

How far Cloudcroft commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
2%25–50 mi
49%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cloudcroft is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cloudcroft are

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

Jobs based in Cloudcroft

339 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Cloudcroft residents hold

197 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month45%
+16%

Jobs based in Cloudcroft, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 339. 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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