Work & commute · Socorro

Work & commute in Socorro, TX

Most working residents leave Socorro for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (68%), Horizon City (3%) and Fort Bliss (1%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

645 of 14,083 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 13,438 Socorro residents head out of town to work, 645 work right here, and 3,707 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Socorro.

13,438live here, work elsewhere

645live and work here

3,707work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Socorro goes to work

El Paso17.7 mi away

68%9,640

Socorro (in town)right here

5%645

Horizon City4.8 mi away

3%380

Fort Bliss15.5 mi away

1%155

San Elizario4.2 mi away

1%124

San Antonio483.9 mi away

1%116

Fabens11 mi away

1%111

Houston657.9 mi away

1%76

Vinton29.7 mi away

1%74

Clint3.7 mi away

0%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%2,694

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

How far

How far Socorro commutes

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

49%

40%

49%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Socorro is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Socorro are

4,352 jobs are based in Socorro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Socorro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Socorro

4,352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Socorro residents hold

14,083 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+30%

Jobs based in Socorro, 2013 → 2023: 3,337 → 4,352. 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.