Ozark Trails Marker at Lake Arthur · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Lake Arthur draws 334 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
340 jobs are based in Lake Arthur; 138 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Lake Arthur itself; outside it, Artesia draws the most (13%, 11 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 12% for New Mexico as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Lake Arthur by day
On a workday 132 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 580 people are in Lake Arthur on a workday afternoon, 54% 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.
The daily trip into Lake Arthur
Where Lake Arthur clocks in
13% of workers
13% 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 Lake Arthur
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Arthur, 2013 → 2023: 438 → 340. 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 Lake Arthur’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Lake Arthur: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Arthur workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 203 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.
Lake Arthur’s commute, mile by mile
About 31% 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 Lake Arthur: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Arthur?
$76,429 (±$14,420) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Arthur?
7.5%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Arthur?
25 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 Lake Arthur work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Artesia (13%, 11 mi), Roswell (13%, 28 mi), Hagerman (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lake Arthur without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Arthur, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Arthur
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.