Bent has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bent quiets down on a workday
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Bent on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.02 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
20% of working residents work in Alamogordo
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Bent clocks in
20% of workers
10% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1 jobs are based in Bent. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bent, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 1. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Half of Bent commutes less than 24 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 50% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Bent and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Mescalero (3%). Darker towns draw more of Bent’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bent workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bent | – | — | — | — | — |
| Mescalero | 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mescalero: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bent: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bent?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bent work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alamogordo (20%, 19 mi), Las Cruces (10%, 78 mi), La Luz (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bent
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.