Work & commute · San Antonio

Work & commute in San Antonio, NM

Most working residents leave San Antonio for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Socorro (42%), Albuquerque (26%) and Las Cruces (5%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 38 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 38 San Antonio residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Antonio.

38live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Antonio goes to work

Socorro9.8 mi away

42%16

Albuquerque83.1 mi away

26%10

Las Cruces109.9 mi away

5%2

Bosque Farms65.5 mi away

3%1

Magdalena24.7 mi away

3%1

Rio Communities51.2 mi away

3%1

Hobbs229.2 mi away

3%1

Rio Rancho95.1 mi away

3%1

El Paso, TX145.2 mi away

3%1

North Valley88 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%3

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

How far

How far San Antonio commutes

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

13%

29%

11%

47%

13%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Antonio is a job hub

1.63jobs 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 San Antonio are

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

Jobs based in San Antonio

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs San Antonio residents hold

38 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month45%

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.