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Work & commute · Lordsburg

Work & commute in Lordsburg, NM

42% of Lordsburg’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (8%), Morenci (6%) and Silver City (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
42%
414 of 981 working residents
Typical commute
29 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 567 Lordsburg residents head out of town to work, 414 work right here, and 333 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lordsburg.

567live here, work elsewhere
414live and work here
333work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Lordsburg goes to work

SaffordSierra VistaVirdenLordsburgSilver CitySocorroDemingAlbuquerqueLas CrucesEl PasoMorenciGlen AcresAnimasCotton CityLas CrucesMorenciSilver CityDemingEl PasoSocorroAnimasCotton CitySaffordLordsburg
1
Lordsburg (in town)right here
42%414
2
Las Cruces111.7 mi away
8%74
3
Morenci, AZ61.5 mi away
6%62
4
Silver City39.2 mi away
6%56
5
Deming55.7 mi away
3%32
6
El Paso, TX137.3 mi away
3%27
7
Socorro157.3 mi away
1%11
8
Animas28.2 mi away
1%11
9
Cotton City19.2 mi away
1%11
10
Safford, AZ67.1 mi away
1%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%274

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

How far

How far Lordsburg commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
4%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
40%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lordsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lordsburg are

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

Jobs based in Lordsburg

747 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities31%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Lordsburg residents hold

981 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month41%
−20%

Jobs based in Lordsburg, 2013 → 2023: 929 → 747. 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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