Photo: Eric Polk · CC BY-SA 4.0Deming’s household incomes are lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D: better than 14% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #42 of 72 in New Mexico.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns · #11 of 73 in New Mexico.
Working residents average 17 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). About half work in Deming; the top destination outside it is Las Cruces (10%, 56 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Deming, in brief
Deming’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Deming is Las Cruces, 56 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (523) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Most jobs in Deming go to people who live here
Of the 5,188 jobs based in Deming, 46% are held by Deming residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Deming workers earn over $40,000 a year
38% of Deming’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Deming are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across New Mexico. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Mexico worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Deming workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Deming’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Deming is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #42 of 72 in New Mexico. Unemployment holds Deming’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($34,165, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deming could be anywhere from D to C−.
Half of Deming commutes less than 4 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 33% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,896 residents head out to work, 2,411 work right here, and 2,777 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 5,188 jobs in Deming are
5,188 jobs are based in Deming. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deming’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deming, 2013 → 2023: 5,137 → 5,188. 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.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Mexico
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deming workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,807 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across New Mexico: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
10% of working residents work in Las Cruces
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Deming clocks in
10% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Deming is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deming is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #11 of 73 in New Mexico. Both inputs place Deming near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,969 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.1% of Deming households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Deming’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Deming compares with U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Deming, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 441 | Los Alamos NM | 13,317 | $141K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 77% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,758 | Sunland Park NM | 18,268 | $63K | 22.4% | 4.6% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,886 | North Valley NM | 10,455 | $61K | 17.6% | 8.5% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,191 | Parlier CA | 14,622 | $52K | 27.1% | 10.0% | 8% | D |
| 2,192 | West Monroe LA | 12,478 | $49K | 26.3% | 9.6% | 21% | D |
| 2,193 | Deming NM | 14,944 | $34K | 30.9% | 2.7% | 45% | D |
| 2,194 | Altamont OR | 19,927 | $59K | 16.9% | 7.4% | 17% | D |
| 2,195 | Gallup NM | 19,969 | $58K | 26.8% | 5.7% | 63% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Deming and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Deming’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deming workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deming | – | D | A− | 17 min | $34,165 |
| Ventura | under 1% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Mountain View | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ventura and Mountain View: 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 Deming: questions
What is the median household income in Deming?
$34,165 (±$3,474) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deming?
30.9%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deming?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deming work?
45% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Cruces (10%, 56 mi), El Paso (3%, 82 mi), Albuquerque (3%, 206 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deming walkable?
Deming is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deming without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deming, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deming
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.