Photo: United States Air Force · Public domainHolloman AFB draws 984 commuters a day, with 1.9 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Holloman AFB is behind 85% of U.S. towns. 1,003 jobs are based in Holloman AFB, and 529 of its residents work somewhere. Holloman AFB grades D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Holloman AFB stands out on work
A big share show a job far from home
73% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Holloman AFB is where the jobs are
Holloman AFB has 1,003 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Holloman AFB and Alamogordo trade workers both ways
Alamogordo is the top workplace for Holloman AFB residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Holloman AFB come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 529 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Holloman AFB earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Holloman AFB is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #44 of 72 in New Mexico. The poverty rate holds Holloman AFB’s grade up (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (11.9%) is left out: Holloman AFB’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Holloman AFB could be anywhere from D to C.
How far Holloman AFB’s workers travel
About 73% 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.
Holloman AFB on a workday afternoon
On a workday 510 residents head out to work and 19 work right here.
About 4,900 people are in Holloman AFB on a workday afternoon, 11% more 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 Holloman AFB’s workers come from
Where Holloman AFB clocks in
20% of workers
15% of workers
10% 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.
81% of the jobs in Holloman AFB pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holloman AFB, 2013 → 2023: 904 → 1,003. 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 Holloman AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Holloman AFB: about 8 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holloman AFB workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,599 commuters (the 2% 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.
Most of Holloman AFB commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holloman AFB is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #31 of 73 in New Mexico. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 16.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across New Mexico, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,648 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). 0.5% of Holloman AFB households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holloman AFB’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000, Holloman AFB ranks 3,522nd of 4,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 436 | Sandia Heights NM | 3,160 | $144K | 4.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 567 | White Rock NM | 5,716 | $157K | 2.5% | 0.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 758 | Placitas NM | 4,223 | $110K | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,520 | Wilna NY | 5,492 | $60K | 19.2% | 5.2% | 16% | D |
| 3,521 | Gifford FL | 4,668 | $33K | 42.0% | 5.0% | 3% | D |
| 3,522 | Holloman AFB NM | 4,433 | $52K | 10.2% | 11.9% | 4% | D |
| 3,523 | Pittsfield IL | 4,041 | $55K | 17.9% | 4.9% | 32% | D |
| 3,524 | Oxford ME | 4,449 | $59K | 12.5% | 10.6% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Holloman AFB, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
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 Holloman AFB: questions
What is the median household income in Holloman AFB?
$52,465 (±$6,027) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holloman AFB?
10.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holloman AFB?
8 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holloman AFB work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alamogordo (20%, 8 mi), Albuquerque (15%, 159 mi), El Paso (10%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holloman AFB walkable?
Holloman AFB is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holloman AFB 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 Holloman AFB, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holloman AFB
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.