Work & commute · White Signal

Work & commute in White Signal, NM

Most working residents leave White Signal for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Silver City (24%), Bayard (6%) and Las Cruces (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 62 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

81%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 62 White Signal residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Signal.

62live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Signal goes to work

Silver City15.3 mi away

24%15

Bayard18.2 mi away

6%4

Las Cruces92.4 mi away

6%4

Alamogordo140.4 mi away

5%3

Santa Clara18.7 mi away

3%2

Socorro132.3 mi away

3%2

Albuquerque200.7 mi away

3%2

Arenas Valley16.7 mi away

3%2

Pima, AZ89.7 mi away

2%1

Globe, AZ149.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%26

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

How far

How far White Signal commutes

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

61%

33%

0%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Signal is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Signal are

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

Jobs based in White Signal

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs White Signal residents hold

62 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+191%

Jobs based in White Signal, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 32. 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.