Hurley’s household incomes are lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D−: better than 2% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D: more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 20 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Hurley; the top destination outside it is Silver City (26%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Hurley
Hurley is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Hurley, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hurley has about 820 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Hurley than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hurley fell from 1,729 in 2013 to 52 in 2023, −97%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Hurley and Silver City trade workers both ways
Silver City is the top workplace for Hurley residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Hurley come from (17% 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 444 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Hurley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hurley is better than 2% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hurley’s grade up (17.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Hurley’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, Hurley could be anywhere from D− to D.
Hurley quiets down on a workday
On a workday 431 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Hurley on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.12 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.
What the 52 jobs in Hurley are
52 jobs are based in Hurley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hurley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hurley, 2013 → 2023: 1,729 → 52. 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.
26% of working residents work in Silver City
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Hurley clocks in
26% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 20 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 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hurley workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 348 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.
Half of Hurley commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 32% 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.
Most trips from Hurley start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hurley is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across New Mexico.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 397 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). 0.0% of Hurley households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hurley’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hurley compares with U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hurley, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 572 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 616 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 846 | Cuartelez NM | 1,512 | $114K | 5.6% | 20.8% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | Rochelle GA | 1,146 | $42K | 23.8% | 4.3% | 8% | D− |
| 4,154 | Centreville MS | 1,091 | $42K | 24.2% | 0.3% | 9% | D− |
| 4,155 | Hurley NM | 1,211 | $36K | 17.7% | 3.4% | 3% | D− |
| 4,156 | Carnegie OK | 1,366 | $44K | 21.6% | 5.0% | 29% | D− |
| 4,157 | Honaker VA | 1,191 | $44K | 26.5% | 0.5% | 4% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
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 Hurley: questions
What is the median household income in Hurley?
$36,202 (±$11,221) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hurley?
17.7%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hurley?
20 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 Hurley work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silver City (26%, 10 mi), Bayard (9%, 4 mi), Las Cruces (6%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hurley walkable?
Hurley is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hurley 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 Hurley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hurley
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.