Work & commute · San Ysidro

Work & commute in San Ysidro, NM

Most working residents leave San Ysidro for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (59%), University Park (5%) and Albuquerque (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 803 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 795 San Ysidro residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Ysidro.

795live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Ysidro goes to work

Las Cruces2.5 mi away

59%471

University Park6.8 mi away

5%42

Albuquerque190.1 mi away

4%34

El Paso, TX41.7 mi away

4%34

White Sands19.5 mi away

1%11

Fairacres3.9 mi away

1%8

San Ysidro (in town)right here

1%8

Radium Springs9.9 mi away

1%7

Mesilla6 mi away

1%5

Holloman AFB53.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%178

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

How far

How far San Ysidro commutes

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

76%

13%

76%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Ysidro is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Ysidro are

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

Jobs based in San Ysidro

243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs San Ysidro residents hold

803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+18%

Jobs based in San Ysidro, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 243. 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.