Work & commute · North Hobbs

Work & commute in North Hobbs, NM

Most working residents leave North Hobbs for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Hobbs (55%), Carlsbad (5%) and Albuquerque (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

109 of 2,771 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,662 North Hobbs residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 609 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Hobbs.

2,662live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

609work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Hobbs goes to work

Hobbs3.7 mi away

55%1,513

Carlsbad70 mi away

5%127

Albuquerque258.4 mi away

5%126

North Hobbs (in town)right here

4%109

Lovington17.7 mi away

4%102

Artesia75.7 mi away

2%53

Roswell91.4 mi away

2%51

Eunice23.3 mi away

2%45

Clovis115.2 mi away

1%27

Las Cruces215.8 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%594

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

How far

How far North Hobbs commutes

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

63%

10%

26%

63%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Hobbs is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Hobbs are

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

Jobs based in North Hobbs

718 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs North Hobbs residents hold

2,771 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+28%

Jobs based in North Hobbs, 2013 → 2023: 560 → 718. 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.