Work & commute · Roy

Work & commute in Roy, NM

Most working residents leave Roy for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (18%), Mosquero (16%) and Las Vegas (6%). Half commute less than 62 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

9 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

62 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 78 Roy residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roy.

78live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roy goes to work

Albuquerque149.5 mi away

18%16

Mosquero18 mi away

16%14

Roy (in town)right here

10%9

Las Vegas61.9 mi away

6%5

Amarillo, TX142.6 mi away

5%4

Tucumcari60.2 mi away

3%3

Clayton67.9 mi away

2%2

Santa Fe101.9 mi away

2%2

Lubbock, TX210.4 mi away

2%2

Des Moines59.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%29

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

How far

How far Roy commutes

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

12%

18%

65%

12%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

65%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roy is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roy are

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

Jobs based in Roy

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Roy residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

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Jobs based in Roy, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 47. 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.