Photo: Leaflet · CC BY-SA 3.0About two in five of Texico’s working residents commute to Clovis
Working residents average 15 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Texico; the top destination outside it is Clovis (38%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Texico
Texico and Clovis trade workers both ways
Clovis is the top workplace for Texico residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Texico come from (41% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Texico are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 24 across New Mexico. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Mexico worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 273 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
38% of working residents work in Clovis
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Texico clocks in
38% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 15 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 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Texico workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 374 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.
Half of Texico 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 30% 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.
Texico quiets down on a workday
On a workday 269 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Texico on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.61 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 167 jobs in Texico are
167 jobs are based in Texico. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Texico’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Texico, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 167. 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.
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 Texico: questions
What is the median household income in Texico?
$65,000 (±$17,922) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Texico?
16.5%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Texico?
15 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 Texico work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clovis (38%, 9 mi), Albuquerque (3%, 210 mi), Portales (3%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Texico without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Texico, from the people who make the trip.
More of Texico
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.