With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Mesquite works elsewhere
Only 1% work in Mesquite itself; outside it, Las Cruces draws the most (43%, 12 miles). Mesquite has 145 jobs; 265 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers work from home; New Mexico has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mesquite at work: what stands out
Mesquite and Las Cruces trade workers both ways
Las Cruces is the top workplace for Mesquite residents (43%) and also where the most people who work in Mesquite come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Mesquite workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 265 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Mesquite commutes to
Where Mesquite clocks in
43% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Working from home in Mesquite
of Mesquite workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 506 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.
Who commutes out of Mesquite, and who commutes in
On a workday 262 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Mesquite on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
The kinds of work in Mesquite
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mesquite, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 145. 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 Mesquite’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Mesquite goes to work
About 19% 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 Mesquite: questions
What is the median household income in Mesquite?
$70,692 (±$26,921) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mesquite?
4.7%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mesquite work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Cruces (43%, 12 mi), El Paso (8%, 27 mi), Anthony (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mesquite 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 Mesquite, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mesquite
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.