Work & commute · Tucumcari

Work & commute in Tucumcari, NM

41% of Tucumcari’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (9%), Clovis (6%) and Santa Fe (4%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

796 of 1,953 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 1,157 Tucumcari residents head out of town to work, 796 work right here, and 826 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tucumcari.

1,157live here, work elsewhere

796live and work here

826work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tucumcari goes to work

Tucumcari (in town)right here

41%796

Albuquerque166.3 mi away

9%172

Clovis58.3 mi away

6%110

Santa Fe132.6 mi away

4%70

Las Vegas90.3 mi away

3%66

Logan19.2 mi away

2%41

Roswell132.8 mi away

2%32

Santa Rosa57.2 mi away

2%30

Portales71.5 mi away

1%27

Amarillo, TX105.9 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%583

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

How far

How far Tucumcari commutes

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

44%

50%

44%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tucumcari is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tucumcari are

1,622 jobs are based in Tucumcari. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tucumcari’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tucumcari

1,622 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Tucumcari residents hold

1,953 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−1%

Jobs based in Tucumcari, 2013 → 2023: 1,645 → 1,622. 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.