Most of Glen Acres commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Glen Acres; the top destination outside it is Lordsburg (21%, 2 miles). 3 jobs are based in Glen Acres, and 62 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; New Mexico has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Glen Acres, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Glen Acres on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Glen Acres’ working residents head each day
Where Glen Acres clocks in
21% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Glen Acres
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Acres, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 3. 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 Glen Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Glen Acres: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Acres workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 142 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far it is to work from Glen Acres
About 47% 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.
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 Glen Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Acres?
$99,688 (±$54,376) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Acres?
30.8%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Acres?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Acres work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lordsburg (21%, 2 mi), Morenci (10%, 59 mi), Socorro (8%, 156 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glen Acres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Acres
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.