Work & commute · University Park

Work & commute in University Park, NM

Most working residents leave University Park for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (16%), Albuquerque (15%) and El Paso (12%). Half commute less than 67 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 322 working residents

Typical commute

67 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 304 University Park residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 4,434 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in University Park.

304live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

4,434work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where University Park goes to work

Las Cruces4.3 mi away

16%53

Albuquerque195.5 mi away

15%47

El Paso, TX34.9 mi away

12%38

University Park (in town)right here

6%18

Santa Fe238 mi away

5%15

Alamogordo61.9 mi away

2%8

Hobbs211.2 mi away

2%5

Truth or Consequences73.2 mi away

2%5

Roswell149.4 mi away

2%5

Anthony, TX21.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%124

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

How far

How far University Park commutes

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

27%

14%

56%

27%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

56%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

University Park is a job hub

13.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

13.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in University Park are

4,452 jobs are based in University Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs University Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in University Park

4,452 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs University Park residents hold

322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+8%

Jobs based in University Park, 2013 → 2023: 4,117 → 4,452. 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.