Work & commute · Hagerman

Work & commute in Hagerman, NM

Most working residents leave Hagerman for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Artesia (15%), Roswell (11%) and Lake Arthur (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 370 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 341 Hagerman residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hagerman.

341live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hagerman goes to work

Artesia19 mi away

15%54

Roswell21.1 mi away

11%40

Hagerman (in town)right here

8%29

Lake Arthur8.3 mi away

6%21

Carlsbad49.7 mi away

6%21

Hobbs72.9 mi away

5%17

Albuquerque190.8 mi away

4%15

El Paso, TX150.5 mi away

4%14

Atoka23.4 mi away

2%9

Las Cruces152.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%142

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

How far

How far Hagerman commutes

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

19%

41%

35%

19%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hagerman is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hagerman are

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

Jobs based in Hagerman

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hagerman residents hold

370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+5%

Jobs based in Hagerman, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 200. 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.