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Jobs & commute in Rodey

Most of Rodey commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident

There are 16 jobs in Rodey for 62 working residents.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

16 jobs based here
Work in town
0%
0 of 62 working residents
Day and night

How many people are in Rodey by day

On a workday 62 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.

62live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.26jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

15% of working residents work in Hatch

PhoenixDuluthHatch: 9 residents work here (15%)Fort SumnerElephant Butte: 1 residents work here (2%)Española: 2 residents work here (3%)DemingSunland Park: 3 residents work here (5%)Alamogordo: 1 residents work here (2%)Los Lunas: 1 residents work here (2%)Albuquerque: 5 residents work here (8%)Las Cruces: 9 residents work here (15%)El Paso: 5 residents work here (8%)RodeyNorth Valley: 2 residents work here (3%)HatchLas CrucesAlbuquerqueEl PasoSunland ParkEspañolaRodey
1
Hatch2 mi away
15%9
2
Las Cruces30.3 mi away
15%9
3
Albuquerque171.7 mi away
8%5
4
El Paso, TX69.3 mi away
8%5
5
Sunland Park65.3 mi away
5%3
6
Española239.3 mi away
3%2
7
North Valley176.6 mi away
3%2
8
Elephant Butte36.9 mi away
2%1
9
Alamogordo69.9 mi away
2%1
10
Los Lunas149.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%24
The top trips

Where Rodey clocks in

15% of workers
2 mi awayHatch9 Rodey residents work here · Jobs & commute →
15% of workers
30.3 mi awayLas Cruces9 Rodey residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
171.7 mi awayAlbuquerque5 Rodey residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

Making and building: 88% of jobs based in Rodey

Jobs based in RodeyJobs Rodey residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms88%32%
Trade, transport & utilities0%15%
Services: health, schools, offices13%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less63%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%42%
Over $3,333 a month6%35%

Who does it

29 or younger25%40%
30 to 5431%39%
55 and older44%21%
+1500%

Jobs based in Rodey, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 16. 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 Rodey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

The commute from Rodey, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHatch: 15% · 2 miLas Cruces: 15% · 30.3 miAlbuquerque: 8% · 171.7 miEl Paso: 8% · 69.3 miSunland Park: 5% · 65.3 miEspañola: 3% · 239.3 miNorth Valley: 3% · 176.6 miElephant Butte: 2% · 36.9 miAlamogordo: 2% · 69.9 miLos Lunas: 2% · 149.7 miHatch 15%Las Cruces 15%Albuquerque 8%El Paso 8%Sunland Park 5%Rodey
RodeyTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi19 residents
2%10–24 mi1 residents
25%25–50 mi15 residents
43%Over 50 mi26 residents

About 43% 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.

Next door

15% of Rodey works in a town next door

Hatch: 15% of workers work hereHatchRodey
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Hatch15% of Rodey works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownRodey workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Rodey–————
Hatch15%D−B+18 min$43,486

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Hatch. Darker towns draw more of Rodey’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Rodey: questions

Where do people who live in Rodey work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hatch (15%, 2 mi), Las Cruces (15%, 30 mi), Albuquerque (8%, 172 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Rodey, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Rodey

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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.