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Work & commute · Lemitar

Work & commute in Lemitar, NM

Most working residents leave Lemitar for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (22%), Socorro (20%) and Belen (5%). Half commute less than 61 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
3 of 94 working residents
Typical commute
61 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 91 Lemitar residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lemitar.

91live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
285work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lemitar goes to work

MesillaMagdalenaRio CommunitiesSocorroDemingAlamogordoLos LunasBelenAlbuquerqueLas CrucesRio RanchoSanta FeLemitarLos ChavesAlamoAlbuquerqueSocorroBelenLos LunasLas CrucesMesillaMagdalenaDemingLos ChavesLemitar
1
Albuquerque67.3 mi away
22%21
2
Socorro7 mi away
20%19
3
Belen42.7 mi away
5%5
4
Los Lunas45.2 mi away
4%4
5
Las Cruces126.5 mi away
3%3
6
Lemitar (in town)right here
3%3
7
Mesilla130.4 mi away
2%2
8
Magdalena18.5 mi away
2%2
9
Deming139.5 mi away
2%2
10
Los Chaves40.9 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%31

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

How far

How far Lemitar commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
7%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
51%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lemitar is a job hub

3.06jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lemitar are

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

Jobs based in Lemitar

288 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)87%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lemitar residents hold

94 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month45%
−19%

Jobs based in Lemitar, 2013 → 2023: 357 → 288. 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.

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