Work & commute · Hatch

Work & commute in Hatch, NM

About one in 4 of Hatch’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (14%), El Paso (7%) and Albuquerque (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

98 of 364 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 266 Hatch residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 940 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hatch.

266live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

940work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hatch goes to work

Hatch (in town)right here

27%98

Las Cruces32.3 mi away

14%50

El Paso, TX71.2 mi away

7%24

Albuquerque170.6 mi away

5%19

Alamogordo71.1 mi away

2%8

Roswell160 mi away

2%6

Deming44.6 mi away

1%5

Sunland Park67.3 mi away

1%4

Santa Fe217.2 mi away

1%4

Garfield8.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%142

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

How far

How far Hatch commutes

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

46%

22%

30%

46%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hatch is a job hub

2.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hatch are

1,038 jobs are based in Hatch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hatch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hatch

1,038 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Hatch residents hold

364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+23%

Jobs based in Hatch, 2013 → 2023: 846 → 1,038. 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.