Work & commute · Fort Sumner

Work & commute in Fort Sumner, NM

About one in 3 of Fort Sumner’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (11%), Clovis (7%) and Portales (3%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

101 of 325 working residents

Typical commute

59 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 224 Fort Sumner residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Sumner.

224live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Sumner goes to work

Fort Sumner (in town)right here

31%101

Albuquerque144.3 mi away

11%36

Clovis58.4 mi away

7%23

Portales53.7 mi away

3%10

Roswell79 mi away

3%9

Amarillo, TX144.1 mi away

3%9

Santa Fe128.6 mi away

2%8

Lubbock, TX147.9 mi away

2%7

Santa Rosa40.5 mi away

2%5

Tucumcari55.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%112

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

How far

How far Fort Sumner commutes

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

37%

59%

37%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

59%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Sumner is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Sumner are

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

Jobs based in Fort Sumner

310 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Fort Sumner residents hold

325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−18%

Jobs based in Fort Sumner, 2013 → 2023: 380 → 310. 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.