Work & commute · Vaughn

Work & commute in Vaughn, NM

Most working residents leave Vaughn for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (45%), Albuquerque (7%) and Las Vegas (5%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 83 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 80 Vaughn residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vaughn.

80live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vaughn goes to work

Santa Rosa38 mi away

45%37

Albuquerque88.3 mi away

7%6

Las Vegas68.9 mi away

5%4

Tucumcari93.9 mi away

5%4

Vaughn (in town)right here

4%3

Santa Fe84.9 mi away

2%2

Alamosa, CO201.6 mi away

1%1

Denver, CO356.6 mi away

1%1

Grady108.8 mi away

1%1

Fort Sumner57.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%23

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

How far

How far Vaughn commutes

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

54%

42%

4%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

54%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vaughn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vaughn are

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

Jobs based in Vaughn

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Vaughn residents hold

83 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+40%

Jobs based in Vaughn, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 84. 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.