Work & commute · Virden

Work & commute in Virden, NM

Most working residents leave Virden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lordsburg (23%), Animas (10%) and Silver City (6%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 31 working residents

Typical commute

52 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 31 Virden residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Virden.

31live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Virden goes to work

Lordsburg29.5 mi away

23%7

Animas52.7 mi away

10%3

Silver City43 mi away

6%2

Alamogordo177 mi away

6%2

Las Cruces131.3 mi away

6%2

Cotton City40.6 mi away

6%2

Duncan, AZ6.6 mi away

3%1

Clifton, AZ28.7 mi away

3%1

Socorro153.3 mi away

3%1

Deming78.5 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%9

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

How far

How far Virden commutes

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

45%

52%

3%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Virden is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Virden are

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

Jobs based in Virden

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less60%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Virden residents hold

31 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+43%

Jobs based in Virden, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 10. 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.