Work & commute · Weed

Work & commute in Weed, NM

Most working residents leave Weed for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (32%), Alamogordo (9%) and Ruidoso (5%). Half commute less than 84 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 22 working residents

Typical commute

84 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 21 Weed residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weed.

21live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weed goes to work

El Paso, TX84 mi away

32%7

Alamogordo25.8 mi away

9%2

Ruidoso39 mi away

5%1

Albuquerque171.8 mi away

5%1

Las Cruces80.2 mi away

5%1

Anthony, TX83.7 mi away

5%1

Horizon City, TX86.3 mi away

5%1

University Park79.4 mi away

5%1

Radium Springs82.8 mi away

5%1

Weed (in town)right here

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%5

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

How far

How far Weed commutes

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

77%

5%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

77%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weed is a job hub

5.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weed are

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

Jobs based in Weed

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Weed residents hold

22 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+335%

Jobs based in Weed, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 113. 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.