Work & commute · Santa Teresa

Work & commute in Santa Teresa, NM

Most working residents leave Santa Teresa for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (55%), Anthony (7%) and Las Cruces (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 1,649 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,590 Santa Teresa residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 1,674 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Teresa.

1,590live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

1,674work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Teresa goes to work

El Paso, TX14.3 mi away

55%913

Anthony10.7 mi away

7%123

Las Cruces32.2 mi away

7%113

Sunland Park5.4 mi away

6%97

Albuquerque223.4 mi away

4%60

Santa Teresa (in town)right here

4%59

Alamogordo81.3 mi away

1%14

University Park28.3 mi away

1%14

Hobbs213.5 mi away

1%10

Santa Fe264.9 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%236

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

How far

How far Santa Teresa commutes

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

13%

65%

10%

12%

13%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Teresa is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Teresa are

1,733 jobs are based in Santa Teresa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Santa Teresa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Santa Teresa

1,733 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Santa Teresa residents hold

1,649 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+83%

Jobs based in Santa Teresa, 2013 → 2023: 947 → 1,733. 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.