Work & commute · San Miguel

Work & commute in San Miguel, NM

Most working residents leave San Miguel for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (36%), El Paso (16%) and Anthony (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 306 San Miguel residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Miguel.

306live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Miguel goes to work

Las Cruces12.5 mi away

36%112

El Paso, TX27.3 mi away

16%50

Anthony12.3 mi away

7%20

Albuquerque204 mi away

4%11

University Park8.6 mi away

2%6

La Mesa2.3 mi away

2%6

Mesquite2.4 mi away

2%5

Sunland Park24 mi away

1%4

Alamogordo67.2 mi away

1%4

Santa Teresa19.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%85

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

How far

How far San Miguel commutes

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

21%

48%

17%

14%

21%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Miguel is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Miguel are

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

Jobs based in San Miguel

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs San Miguel residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+60%

Jobs based in San Miguel, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 8. 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.