Work & commute · Mentone

Work & commute in Mentone, TX

Most working residents leave Mentone for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hobbs (11%), Midland (9%) and El Paso (7%). Half commute less than 90 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

90 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 45 Mentone residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mentone.

45live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mentone goes to work

Hobbs, NM75.2 mi away

11%5

Midland89.9 mi away

9%4

El Paso166.6 mi away

7%3

Roswell, NM127.2 mi away

4%2

Fort Stockton70.4 mi away

4%2

San Angelo186.2 mi away

4%2

Odessa74.6 mi away

4%2

Artesia, NM92.6 mi away

2%1

Lovington, NM86.7 mi away

2%1

Carlsbad, NM60.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%22

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

How far

How far Mentone commutes

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

90%

5%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

90%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mentone is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mentone are

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

Jobs based in Mentone

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Mentone residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+218%

Jobs based in Mentone, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 35. 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.