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Work & commute · Tortugas

Work & commute in Tortugas, NM

Most working residents leave Tortugas for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (53%), El Paso (8%) and University Park (7%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 191 working residents
Typical commute
4 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 191 Tortugas residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tortugas.

191live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
46work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tortugas goes to work

FayettevilleMesillaDemingAlamogordoTruth or ConsequencesAlbuquerqueLas CrucesEl PasoTortugasUniversity ParkFairacresVadoRadium SpringsLas CrucesEl PasoUniversity ParkAlbuquerqueMesillaRadium SpringsDemingAlamogordoTruth or ConsequencesFayettevilleTortugas
1
Las Cruces4.4 mi away
53%102
2
El Paso, TX34.8 mi away
8%16
3
University Park0.7 mi away
7%14
4
Albuquerque196 mi away
6%12
5
Mesilla3.2 mi away
2%3
6
Radium Springs16.8 mi away
2%3
7
Deming58.3 mi away
1%2
8
Alamogordo62.6 mi away
1%2
9
Truth or Consequences73.4 mi away
1%2
10
Fayetteville, AR765.3 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
18%34

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

How far

How far Tortugas commutes

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

67%Under 10 mi
4%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tortugas is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tortugas are

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

Jobs based in Tortugas

46 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)93%
$1,250 a month or less30%
$1,251–$3,333 a month61%
Over $3,333 a month9%

Jobs Tortugas residents hold

191 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month46%
Over $3,333 a month32%
+2200%

Jobs based in Tortugas, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 46. 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.

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