Work & commute · Spencerville

Work & commute in Spencerville, NM

Most working residents leave Spencerville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (44%), Albuquerque (9%) and Aztec (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 455 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 439 Spencerville residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 738 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spencerville.

439live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

738work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spencerville goes to work

Farmington8.4 mi away

44%201

Albuquerque143.1 mi away

9%40

Aztec5.2 mi away

7%31

Lee Acres8.7 mi away

5%22

Bloomfield7.8 mi away

5%21

Spencerville (in town)right here

4%16

Durango, CO31.8 mi away

3%14

Flora Vista2.4 mi away

2%10

Santa Fe141.2 mi away

2%7

Hobbs396.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%88

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

How far

How far Spencerville commutes

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

50%

22%

23%

50%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spencerville is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Spencerville are

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

Jobs based in Spencerville

754 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Spencerville residents hold

455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−1%

Jobs based in Spencerville, 2013 → 2023: 758 → 754. 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.