Work & commute · Rincon

Work & commute in Rincon, NM

Most working residents leave Rincon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (12%), El Paso (10%) and Hatch (7%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 42 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 41 Rincon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rincon.

41live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rincon goes to work

Las Cruces29.2 mi away

12%5

El Paso, TX68.3 mi away

10%4

Hatch5 mi away

7%3

Gallup218.3 mi away

5%2

Loving175.6 mi away

2%1

Anthony53.4 mi away

2%1

Columbus67.1 mi away

2%1

Deming48.5 mi away

2%1

Alamogordo66.2 mi away

2%1

Los Lunas148 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%22

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

How far

How far Rincon commutes

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

32%

29%

37%

32%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rincon is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rincon are

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

Jobs based in Rincon

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Rincon residents hold

42 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+1050%

Jobs based in Rincon, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 69. 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.