Work & commute · Tornillo

Work & commute in Tornillo, TX

Most working residents leave Tornillo for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (49%), Fabens (5%) and Socorro (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 416 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 393 Tornillo residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tornillo.

393live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tornillo goes to work

El Paso34.3 mi away

49%203

Tornillo (in town)right here

6%23

Fabens5.9 mi away

5%19

Socorro16.6 mi away

4%17

Horizon City17.6 mi away

3%11

San Antonio471.4 mi away

2%8

Las Cruces, NM73.5 mi away

1%6

Austin501.2 mi away

1%5

Carlsbad, NM127.9 mi away

1%4

Houston647 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%116

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

How far

How far Tornillo commutes

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

16%

29%

37%

18%

16%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tornillo is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tornillo are

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

Jobs based in Tornillo

232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Tornillo residents hold

416 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−18%

Jobs based in Tornillo, 2013 → 2023: 282 → 232. 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.