Work & commute · Truth or Consequences

Work & commute in Truth or Consequences, NM

48% of Truth or Consequences’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (7%), Albuquerque (6%) and Elephant Butte (5%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

1,024 of 2,136 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 1,112 Truth or Consequences residents head out of town to work, 1,024 work right here, and 1,156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Truth or Consequences.

1,112live here, work elsewhere

1,024live and work here

1,156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Truth or Consequences goes to work

Truth or Consequences (in town)right here

48%1,024

Las Cruces69 mi away

7%158

Albuquerque133.9 mi away

6%132

Elephant Butte5 mi away

5%117

El Paso, TX107.9 mi away

3%58

Deming72.8 mi away

2%38

Silver City65.7 mi away

1%32

Alamogordo79.8 mi away

1%30

Santa Clara59.7 mi away

1%23

Hatch39.6 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%504

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

How far

How far Truth or Consequences commutes

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

57%

39%

57%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Truth or Consequences is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Truth or Consequences are

2,180 jobs are based in Truth or Consequences. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Truth or Consequences’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Truth or Consequences

2,180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Truth or Consequences residents hold

2,136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+3%

Jobs based in Truth or Consequences, 2013 → 2023: 2,117 → 2,180. 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.