Work & commute · Mesquite

Work & commute in Mesquite, NM

Most working residents leave Mesquite for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (43%), El Paso (8%) and Anthony (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 265 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 262 Mesquite residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mesquite.

262live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mesquite goes to work

Las Cruces12.5 mi away

43%113

El Paso, TX26.7 mi away

8%22

Anthony11.9 mi away

5%13

Albuquerque203 mi away

5%13

University Park8.3 mi away

4%10

Mesilla10 mi away

1%3

Alamogordo65.1 mi away

1%3

Mesquite (in town)right here

1%3

San Ysidro15 mi away

1%3

Sunland Park24.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%80

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

How far

How far Mesquite commutes

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

22%

49%

10%

19%

22%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mesquite is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mesquite are

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

Jobs based in Mesquite

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities83%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Mesquite residents hold

265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+61%

Jobs based in Mesquite, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 145. 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.