Work & commute · Reserve

Work & commute in Reserve, NM

About one in 3 of Reserve’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (8%), Las Cruces (7%) and Silver City (4%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

21 of 71 working residents

Typical commute

52 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 50 Reserve residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reserve.

50live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reserve goes to work

Reserve (in town)right here

30%21

Albuquerque154.4 mi away

8%6

Las Cruces148.9 mi away

7%5

Silver City70.3 mi away

4%3

Gallup124.7 mi away

3%2

Santa Fe207.7 mi away

3%2

El Paso, TX186.7 mi away

3%2

Apache Creek13.4 mi away

3%2

Cliff52 mi away

3%2

Eagar, AZ41.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%25

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

How far

How far Reserve commutes

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

37%

54%

37%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reserve is a job hub

2.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reserve are

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

Jobs based in Reserve

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Reserve residents hold

71 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−21%

Jobs based in Reserve, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 159. 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.