Work & commute · Prewitt

Work & commute in Prewitt, NM

Most working residents leave Prewitt for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Gallup (23%), Albuquerque (15%) and Grants (9%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 115 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 113 Prewitt residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prewitt.

113live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prewitt goes to work

Gallup39 mi away

23%26

Albuquerque82.6 mi away

15%17

Grants20.2 mi away

9%10

Farmington95.9 mi away

6%7

Thoreau8 mi away

6%7

Crownpoint25.7 mi away

3%4

Milan15.7 mi away

3%3

Santa Fe119.4 mi away

3%3

Bluewater Village8.5 mi away

3%3

Las Cruces222.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%33

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

How far

How far Prewitt commutes

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

11%

17%

26%

46%

11%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prewitt is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prewitt are

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

Jobs based in Prewitt

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Prewitt residents hold

115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−95%

Jobs based in Prewitt, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 6. 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.