Work & commute · Doña Ana

Work & commute in Doña Ana, NM

Most working residents leave Doña Ana for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (54%), El Paso (7%) and University Park (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 322 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 316 Doña Ana residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Doña Ana.

316live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Doña Ana goes to work

Las Cruces4.9 mi away

54%173

El Paso, TX44 mi away

7%21

University Park9.1 mi away

5%17

Albuquerque187.6 mi away

4%12

Radium Springs7.7 mi away

3%9

Doña Ana (in town)right here

2%6

Anthony29.3 mi away

2%5

Mesilla8.6 mi away

2%5

Hobbs214.2 mi away

1%4

Hatch27.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%67

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

How far

How far Doña Ana commutes

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

70%

10%

16%

70%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Doña Ana is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Doña Ana are

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

Jobs based in Doña Ana

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Doña Ana residents hold

322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+290%

Jobs based in Doña Ana, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 117. 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.