Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35525002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
North Hobbs, New Mexico
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.5 min one way; 1.3% worked from home, 74.5% drove alone, and 10.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.5 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home1.3%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone74.5%±7.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.6%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in North Hobbs CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How North Hobbs CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,386 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How North Hobbs CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 24th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind North Hobbs CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,386 workers age 16+, including 2,355 workers with reported travel time and 31 home workers.
Population estimate6,034± 753 MOE
Workers age 16+2,386± 418 MOE
Workers with travel time2,355± 419 MOE
Estimated home workers31± 29 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All New Mexico reports →Comparable New Mexico commute records for North Hobbs CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.