Work & commute · Jal

Work & commute in Jal, NM

44% of Jal’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Hobbs (7%), Carlsbad (6%) and Albuquerque (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

290 of 660 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 370 Jal residents head out of town to work, 290 work right here, and 668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jal.

370live here, work elsewhere

290live and work here

668work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jal goes to work

Jal (in town)right here

44%290

Hobbs42.6 mi away

7%45

Carlsbad64.5 mi away

6%39

Albuquerque286.7 mi away

5%35

Loving54.4 mi away

1%9

Eunice22.3 mi away

1%8

Las Cruces210.9 mi away

1%8

Kermit, TX18.9 mi away

1%8

Artesia88.1 mi away

1%7

Lovington58.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%205

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

How far

How far Jal commutes

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

49%

10%

36%

49%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jal is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jal are

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

Jobs based in Jal

958 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Jal residents hold

660 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+88%

Jobs based in Jal, 2013 → 2023: 509 → 958. 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.