Work & commute · Grady

Work & commute in Grady, NM

Most working residents leave Grady for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Clovis (47%), Texico (6%) and Portales (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 32 working residents

Typical commute

30 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 31 Grady residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grady.

31live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grady goes to work

Clovis27.4 mi away

47%15

Texico33.5 mi away

6%2

Portales44.6 mi away

6%2

Albuquerque189.6 mi away

6%2

Denver, CO352 mi away

3%1

La Plata, MD1477 mi away

3%1

Grady (in town)right here

3%1

Hobbs144.8 mi away

3%1

Farwell, TX34 mi away

3%1

Friona, TX35.9 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%5

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

How far

How far Grady commutes

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

72%

19%

3%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

72%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grady is a job hub

6.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

6.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Grady are

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

Jobs based in Grady

196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less52%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Grady residents hold

32 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+221%

Jobs based in Grady, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 196. 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.