Work & commute · Torreon

Work & commute in Torreon, NM

Most working residents leave Torreon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (27%), Cuba (12%) and Bernalillo (2%). Half commute less than 55 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

55 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

56 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 81 Torreon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Torreon.

81live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Torreon goes to work

Albuquerque57.2 mi away

27%22

Cuba20.5 mi away

12%10

Bernalillo49.7 mi away

2%2

Gallup88.1 mi away

2%2

Los Lunas72.5 mi away

2%2

Farmington85.5 mi away

2%2

Santa Fe69.6 mi away

2%2

South Valley61.9 mi away

2%2

Crownpoint53 mi away

2%2

Phoenix, AZ316.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%35

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

How far

How far Torreon commutes

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

11%

13%

67%

11%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

67%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Torreon is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Torreon are

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

Jobs based in Torreon

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Torreon residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month34%

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.