Work & commute · Eunice

Work & commute in Eunice, NM

About one in 4 of Eunice’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hobbs (16%), Albuquerque (7%) and Carlsbad (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

258 of 980 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 722 Eunice residents head out of town to work, 258 work right here, and 823 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eunice.

722live here, work elsewhere

258live and work here

823work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eunice goes to work

Eunice (in town)right here

26%258

Hobbs20.3 mi away

16%159

Albuquerque272.6 mi away

7%69

Carlsbad63.7 mi away

5%49

Jal22.3 mi away

4%38

Artesia79.5 mi away

2%17

Roswell103 mi away

1%14

Lovington37 mi away

1%11

Clovis138.4 mi away

1%10

Las Cruces212.6 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%345

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

How far

How far Eunice commutes

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

37%

24%

35%

37%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eunice is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eunice are

1,081 jobs are based in Eunice. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eunice’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eunice

1,081 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Eunice residents hold

980 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−24%

Jobs based in Eunice, 2013 → 2023: 1,430 → 1,081. 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.