Work & commute · Tatum

Work & commute in Tatum, NM

Most working residents leave Tatum for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hobbs (24%), Lovington (21%) and Albuquerque (6%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

39 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 222 Tatum residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tatum.

222live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tatum goes to work

Hobbs37.3 mi away

24%57

Lovington21.6 mi away

21%48

Albuquerque229.5 mi away

6%13

Tatum (in town)right here

5%11

Carlsbad80 mi away

3%8

Roswell70.9 mi away

3%8

Artesia70.3 mi away

3%6

Eunice57.4 mi away

1%3

Las Cruces212 mi away

1%3

Plains, TX28.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%73

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

How far

How far Tatum commutes

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

30%

31%

34%

5%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tatum is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tatum are

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

Jobs based in Tatum

199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Tatum residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−17%

Jobs based in Tatum, 2013 → 2023: 239 → 199. 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.