Our Lady of Purification Catholic Church · Photo: AllenS · Public domainWork means Las Cruces for more than half of Doña Ana’s working residents
The trip to work takes 11 minutes on average; New Mexico averages 24, the U.S. 26. Only 2% stay in Doña Ana for work; outside it, Las Cruces is the main destination (54%, 5 miles). Employers in Doña Ana report 117 jobs, and 322 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Doña Ana at work: what stands out
Most Doña Ana residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Doña Ana are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 24 across New Mexico. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Mexico worker. 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; with 322 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Doña Ana commutes to
Where Doña Ana clocks in
54% of workers
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Doña Ana’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Commuting from Doña Ana: about 11 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Doña Ana workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 340 commuters (the 12% 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily commute in and out of Doña Ana
On a workday 316 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Doña Ana on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.36 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.
The kinds of work in Doña Ana
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Doña Ana, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 117. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Doña Ana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Doña Ana: questions
What is the median household income in Doña Ana?
$35,700 (±$12,153) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Doña Ana?
49.5%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Doña Ana?
11 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Doña Ana work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Doña Ana without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Doña Ana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doña Ana
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.