Lake Sumner has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Lake Sumner for work; outside it, Fort Sumner is the main destination (22%, 14 miles). There are 3 jobs in Lake Sumner; 18 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all, 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
The workday shuffle in and out of Lake Sumner
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 71 people are in Lake Sumner on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 the trip to work from Lake Sumner ends
Where Lake Sumner clocks in
22% of workers
22% of workers
11% 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.
What Lake Sumner’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Sumner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lake Sumner
of Lake Sumner workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 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.
The distance from Lake Sumner to work
About 72% 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 Sumner: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lake Sumner?
30.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lake Sumner work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Sumner (22%, 14 mi), Clovis (22%, 70 mi), Portales (11%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lake Sumner 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 Lake Sumner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Sumner
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.