Torreon has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 56 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Torreon; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (27%, 57 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.41 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.
27% of working residents work in Albuquerque
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Torreon clocks in
27% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 34 jobs in Torreon are
34 jobs are based in Torreon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Torreon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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.
About 56 minutes each way, longer 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 18 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Torreon workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 commuters (the 7% 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 Torreon commutes less than 55 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 67% 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.
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 Torreon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Torreon?
23.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Torreon?
56 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Torreon work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (27%, 57 mi), Cuba (12%, 20 mi), Bernalillo (2%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Torreon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Torreon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Torreon
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.