Work & commute in Las Cruces, NM
60% of Las Cruces’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are University Park (6%), El Paso (5%) and Albuquerque (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.
Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute timesWho leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 16,635 Las Cruces residents head out of town to work, 25,121 work right here, and 22,707 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Las Cruces.
Where Las Cruces goes to work
Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.
How far Las Cruces commutes
Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Las Cruces is balanced between jobs and homes
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
What the jobs in Las Cruces are
47,828 jobs are based in Las Cruces. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Las Cruces’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Jobs based in Las Cruces
Jobs Las Cruces residents hold
Jobs based in Las Cruces, 2013 → 2023: 42,209 → 47,828. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
How to read this page
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.