Work & commute · Dexter

Work & commute in Dexter, NM

Most working residents leave Dexter for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Roswell (19%), Artesia (8%) and Albuquerque (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

26 of 252 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 226 Dexter residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dexter.

226live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

303work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dexter goes to work

Roswell15.4 mi away

19%47

Dexter (in town)right here

10%26

Artesia23.9 mi away

8%19

Albuquerque185.4 mi away

7%17

Carlsbad55.4 mi away

4%10

El Paso, TX152 mi away

3%8

Hagerman5.9 mi away

3%7

Hobbs77 mi away

2%6

Las Cruces152.9 mi away

2%6

Alamogordo94.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%101

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

How far

How far Dexter commutes

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

27%

33%

38%

27%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dexter is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dexter are

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

Jobs based in Dexter

329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Dexter residents hold

252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−24%

Jobs based in Dexter, 2013 → 2023: 435 → 329. 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.