Work & commute · Mesilla

Work & commute in Mesilla, NM

Most working residents leave Mesilla for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (52%), University Park (10%) and El Paso (6%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 493 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 474 Mesilla residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 816 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mesilla.

474live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

816work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mesilla goes to work

Las Cruces4.1 mi away

52%257

University Park3.7 mi away

10%49

El Paso, TX36.6 mi away

6%32

Albuquerque196.1 mi away

5%23

Mesilla (in town)right here

4%19

Alamogordo65 mi away

1%5

Hobbs214.9 mi away

1%5

Picacho Hills5.2 mi away

1%4

Holloman AFB57.6 mi away

1%4

Farmington319.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%92

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

How far

How far Mesilla commutes

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

71%

19%

71%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mesilla is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mesilla are

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

Jobs based in Mesilla

835 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Mesilla residents hold

493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+18%

Jobs based in Mesilla, 2013 → 2023: 707 → 835. 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.