Work & commute · Roswell

Work & commute in Roswell, NM

52% of Roswell’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (5%), Artesia (4%) and Carlsbad (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

9,284 of 17,879 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 8,595 Roswell residents head out of town to work, 9,284 work right here, and 6,559 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roswell.

8,595live here, work elsewhere

9,284live and work here

6,559work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roswell goes to work

Roswell (in town)right here

52%9,284

Albuquerque170.1 mi away

5%827

Artesia36.6 mi away

4%717

Carlsbad69.3 mi away

3%573

El Paso, TX152.8 mi away

3%495

Las Cruces149.8 mi away

3%470

Hobbs90.8 mi away

2%426

Alamogordo89.6 mi away

1%223

Ruidoso65.8 mi away

1%133

Santa Fe178.4 mi away

1%118

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%4,613

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

How far

How far Roswell commutes

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

60%

30%

60%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roswell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Roswell are

15,843 jobs are based in Roswell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roswell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roswell

15,843 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Roswell residents hold

17,879 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−1%

Jobs based in Roswell, 2013 → 2023: 16,014 → 15,843. 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.