Work & commute · Silver

Work & commute in Silver, NM

50% of Silver’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (5%), Las Cruces (5%) and Bayard (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50%

1,923 of 3,855 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,932 Silver residents head out of town to work, 1,923 work right here, and 3,847 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver.

1,932live here, work elsewhere

1,923live and work here

3,847work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silver goes to work

Silver City (in town)right here

50%1,923

Albuquerque185.7 mi away

5%197

Las Cruces91.7 mi away

5%179

Bayard8 mi away

3%98

Deming46.6 mi away

2%96

Santa Clara7 mi away

2%71

El Paso, TX125.1 mi away

2%68

Alamogordo134.1 mi away

1%39

Arenas Valley3.9 mi away

1%34

Truth or Consequences65.7 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,117

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

How far

How far Silver commutes

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

60%

10%

26%

60%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silver is balanced between jobs and homes

1.50jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.50 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver are

5,770 jobs are based in Silver. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silver’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Silver

5,770 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Silver residents hold

3,855 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+2%

Jobs based in Silver, 2013 → 2023: 5,681 → 5,770. 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.