Work & commute · Mescalero

Work & commute in Mescalero, NM

Most working residents leave Mescalero for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ruidoso (7%), Albuquerque (4%) and Farmington (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 540 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 528 Mescalero residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mescalero.

528live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mescalero goes to work

Ruidoso16.7 mi away

7%38

Albuquerque144.5 mi away

4%24

Farmington284.1 mi away

2%13

Mescalero (in town)right here

2%12

Gallup235 mi away

2%10

Roswell75.2 mi away

1%8

Ruidoso Downs18 mi away

1%7

Las Cruces80.2 mi away

1%7

Santa Fe174.9 mi away

1%7

Carlsbad103.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

76%408

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

How far

How far Mescalero commutes

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

26%

46%

28%

26%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mescalero is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mescalero are

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

Jobs based in Mescalero

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Mescalero residents hold

540 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month29%

−72%

Jobs based in Mescalero, 2013 → 2023: 275 → 76. 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.