Work & commute · Vado

Work & commute in Vado, NM

Most working residents leave Vado for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Las Cruces (38%), El Paso (16%) and Anthony (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 760 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 747 Vado residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vado.

747live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vado goes to work

Las Cruces15.8 mi away

38%285

El Paso, TX23.4 mi away

16%124

Anthony8.6 mi away

8%59

Albuquerque205.7 mi away

5%41

Vado (in town)right here

2%13

University Park11.5 mi away

1%11

Santa Teresa17.7 mi away

1%9

Sunland Park21.3 mi away

1%7

Farmington331.2 mi away

1%6

White Sands20.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%199

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

How far

How far Vado commutes

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

15%

66%

16%

15%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vado is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vado are

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

Jobs based in Vado

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month64%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Vado residents hold

760 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−56%

Jobs based in Vado, 2013 → 2023: 333 → 146. 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.