Twin Forks has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Twin Forks has 29 jobs, against 71 working residents. Only 3% work in Twin Forks itself; outside it, Cloudcroft draws the most (21%, 5 miles). 24% of workers have no commute at all; New Mexico has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Twin Forks
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Twin Forks on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
Out of Twin Forks to work: where people go
Where Twin Forks clocks in
21% of workers
21% of workers
7% 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.
In Twin Forks, 76% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Forks, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 29. 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 Twin Forks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Twin Forks
of Twin Forks workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26 commuters (the 24% 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.
How far Twin Forks’ workers travel
About 39% 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 Twin Forks: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Forks?
$76,042 (±$72,090) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Forks?
52.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Twin Forks work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cloudcroft (21%, 5 mi), Alamogordo (21%, 19 mi), High Rolls (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Twin Forks 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 Twin Forks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Forks
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.