Work & commute · Elida

Work & commute in Elida, NM

Most working residents leave Elida for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Portales (33%), Clovis (12%) and Albuquerque (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 57 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Elida residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elida.

56live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elida goes to work

Portales23.3 mi away

33%19

Clovis42.9 mi away

12%7

Albuquerque188.2 mi away

5%3

Fort Sumner49.3 mi away

4%2

Carlsbad112.1 mi away

4%2

Lubbock, TX104.8 mi away

4%2

Texico46 mi away

2%1

Elida (in town)right here

2%1

Alamogordo152.2 mi away

2%1

Las Cruces213.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%18

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

How far

How far Elida commutes

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

40%

31%

27%

2%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elida is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elida are

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

Jobs based in Elida

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Elida residents hold

57 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−33%

Jobs based in Elida, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 41. 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.