Work & commute · Sunland Park

Work & commute in Sunland Park, NM

Most working residents leave Sunland Park for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (54%), Las Cruces (6%) and Anthony (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

557 of 6,807 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 6,250 Sunland Park residents head out of town to work, 557 work right here, and 2,002 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunland Park.

6,250live here, work elsewhere

557live and work here

2,002work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunland Park goes to work

El Paso, TX10.1 mi away

54%3,678

Sunland Park (in town)right here

8%557

Las Cruces36.5 mi away

6%430

Anthony13.1 mi away

6%429

Albuquerque226.7 mi away

4%260

Santa Teresa5.4 mi away

4%260

Canutillo, TX6.6 mi away

1%50

Chaparral19 mi away

1%46

Alamogordo82.1 mi away

1%41

University Park32.5 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%1,016

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

How far

How far Sunland Park commutes

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

42%

38%

12%

42%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunland Park is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunland Park are

2,559 jobs are based in Sunland Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sunland Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sunland Park

2,559 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Sunland Park residents hold

6,807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+4%

Jobs based in Sunland Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,461 → 2,559. 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.