Work & commute · Socorro

Work & commute in Socorro, NM

49% of Socorro’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (18%), Lemitar (2%) and Las Cruces (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49%

1,700 of 3,444 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 1,744 Socorro residents head out of town to work, 1,700 work right here, and 1,610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Socorro.

1,744live here, work elsewhere

1,700live and work here

1,610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Socorro goes to work

Socorro (in town)right here

49%1,700

Albuquerque74 mi away

18%611

Lemitar7 mi away

2%80

Las Cruces119.6 mi away

2%76

Los Lunas52 mi away

2%73

Magdalena19 mi away

2%52

El Paso, TX154.9 mi away

1%49

Alamogordo97.4 mi away

1%46

Gallup145 mi away

1%31

Santa Fe122.8 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%695

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

How far

How far Socorro commutes

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

54%

42%

54%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Socorro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Socorro are

3,310 jobs are based in Socorro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Socorro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Socorro

3,310 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Socorro residents hold

3,444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−5%

Jobs based in Socorro, 2013 → 2023: 3,495 → 3,310. 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.