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Work & commute in Tularosa, NM

Most working residents leave Tularosa for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Alamogordo (27%), Las Cruces (8%) and Albuquerque (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
11%
100 of 942 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 842 Tularosa residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tularosa.

842live here, work elsewhere
100live and work here
330work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tularosa goes to work

CloudcroftTularosaSunland ParkRuidosoAlamogordoCarlsbadTruth or ConsequencesRoswellAlbuquerqueLas CrucesEl PasoLa LuzBoles AcresAlamogordoLas CrucesAlbuquerqueRuidosoEl PasoCarlsbadLa LuzRoswellCloudcroftTularosa
1
Alamogordo13.6 mi away
27%255
2
Tularosa (in town)right here
11%100
3
Las Cruces68.5 mi away
8%76
4
Albuquerque144.8 mi away
5%46
5
Ruidoso27.7 mi away
4%42
6
El Paso, TX88.2 mi away
3%31
7
Carlsbad113.3 mi away
2%17
8
La Luz8.4 mi away
2%16
9
Roswell88.4 mi away
1%12
10
Cloudcroft18.6 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%337

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

How far

How far Tularosa commutes

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

17%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
35%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tularosa is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tularosa are

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

Jobs based in Tularosa

430 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Tularosa residents hold

942 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month42%
−2%

Jobs based in Tularosa, 2013 → 2023: 438 → 430. 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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