Work & commute · Lake Arthur

Work & commute in Lake Arthur, NM

Most working residents leave Lake Arthur for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Artesia (13%), Roswell (13%) and Hagerman (8%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 138 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 132 Lake Arthur residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Arthur.

132live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Arthur goes to work

Artesia10.8 mi away

13%18

Roswell27.6 mi away

13%18

Hagerman8.3 mi away

8%11

Carlsbad42 mi away

7%10

Hobbs72.2 mi away

5%7

Lake Arthur (in town)right here

4%6

Alamogordo93.1 mi away

3%4

Las Cruces148.6 mi away

3%4

Albuquerque195.5 mi away

2%3

Dexter13.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%55

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

How far

How far Lake Arthur commutes

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

21%

26%

22%

31%

21%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Arthur is a job hub

2.46jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Arthur are

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

Jobs based in Lake Arthur

340 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month8%

Jobs Lake Arthur residents hold

138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−22%

Jobs based in Lake Arthur, 2013 → 2023: 438 → 340. 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.