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Work & commute in Twin Forks, NM

Most working residents leave Twin Forks for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cloudcroft (21%), Alamogordo (21%) and High Rolls (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
2 of 71 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
24%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 69 Twin Forks residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Twin Forks.

69live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
27work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Twin Forks goes to work

BoulderCloudcroftAnthonyRuidosoAlamogordoCarlsbadAlbuquerqueLas CrucesCraneEl PasoMidlandMiddletownTwin ForksHigh RollsChaparralCloudcroftAlamogordoHigh RollsLas CrucesEl PasoAlbuquerqueRuidosoMidlandChaparralTwin Forks
1
Cloudcroft5.1 mi away
21%15
2
Alamogordo18.8 mi away
21%15
3
High Rolls9.1 mi away
7%5
4
Las Cruces78.8 mi away
6%4
5
El Paso, TX88.2 mi away
6%4
6
Albuquerque160.3 mi away
4%3
7
Ruidoso28.4 mi away
3%2
8
Midland, TX215.4 mi away
3%2
9
Twin Forks (in town)right here
3%2
10
Chaparral76 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%17

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

How far

How far Twin Forks commutes

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

27%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
39%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Twin Forks 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 Twin Forks are

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

Jobs based in Twin Forks

29 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)76%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month48%
Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Twin Forks residents hold

71 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month48%
+190%

Jobs based in Twin Forks, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 29. 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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