Commuting in Doña Ana County, New Mexico: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Doña Ana County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Doña Ana County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% less time on the road than the New Mexico average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.7 minutes.
Doña Ana County holds about 10.6% of New Mexico's population but accounts for roughly 10.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Doña Ana County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,874 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Doña Ana County
18.1 min
36.3 min
151 hrs/yr
$4,686
1,533
New Mexico
18.8 min
37.7 min
157 hrs/yr
$4,866
619
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
18.1
minutes to get to work in
Doña Ana County.
That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Doña Ana County
Car:
85.9%
Worked at Home:
9.5%
Walked:
1.7%
Other:
1.5%
Bicycle:
0.8%
Public Transportation:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Doña Ana County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Doña Ana County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
90.0%
4.4%
3.4%
0.4%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.4%
2010
90.8%
4.4%
2.9%
0.4%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2011
90.9%
4.2%
2.8%
0.4%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
2012
90.9%
4.1%
2.9%
0.4%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
2013
91.4%
4.1%
2.7%
0.3%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2014
91.5%
4.2%
2.6%
0.4%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2015
91.4%
3.9%
2.7%
0.5%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.4%
2016
91.7%
4.0%
2.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.4%
2017
91.6%
4.2%
2.2%
0.6%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2018
91.4%
4.2%
2.3%
0.6%
0.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
91.3%
4.4%
2.2%
0.5%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2020
90.5%
5.6%
1.8%
0.6%
0.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2021
88.7%
7.1%
1.7%
1.0%
0.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
88.0%
7.5%
2.2%
1.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2023
86.5%
9.0%
1.8%
1.4%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2024
85.9%
9.5%
1.7%
1.5%
0.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 91.7%. Overall it fell from 90.0% in 2009 to 85.9% in 2024, down 4.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Doña Ana County: its share of workers rose from 4.4% in 2009 to 9.5% in 2024, up 5.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.4% to 1.7% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Doña Ana County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Doña Ana County?
The bars show when commuters in Doña Ana County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show New Mexico for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMDoña Ana County4.6%New Mexico4.6%
4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMDoña Ana County3.3%New Mexico3.5%
3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMDoña Ana County5.8%New Mexico5.1%
5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMDoña Ana County8.3%New Mexico8.7%
8.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMDoña Ana County9.3%New Mexico10.1%
9.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMDoña Ana County14.6%New Mexico15.5%
14.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMDoña Ana County14.4%New Mexico14.8%
14.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMDoña Ana County11.6%New Mexico11.1%
11.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMDoña Ana County4.5%New Mexico4.5%
4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMDoña Ana County5.6%New Mexico6.0%
5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMDoña Ana County3.1%New Mexico3.1%
3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMDoña Ana County1.4%New Mexico1.3%
1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMDoña Ana County7.4%New Mexico6.3%
7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMDoña Ana County6.1%New Mexico5.5%
6.1%
Doña Ana CountyNew MexicoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Doña Ana County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across New Mexico. Early starts are about as common as in New Mexico: 13.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush looks much like New Mexico's: 49.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.6%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Doña Ana County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Doña Ana County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Doña Ana County next to New Mexico and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Doña Ana County
New Mexico
United States
2009
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:44 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:43 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:44 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:46 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:46 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:45 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:44 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:41 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:39 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:39 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:38 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:39 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Doña Ana County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:43 AM). The shift is sharper than across New Mexico, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Doña Ana County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Doña Ana County has moved 6 minutes earlier.
How does Doña Ana County's commute time compare?
Metric
Doña Ana County
New Mexico
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.1 min
18.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
9.5%
12.2%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
1.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.5%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Doña Ana County is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 18.8 minutes in New Mexico.
0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in New Mexico. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in New Mexico.
Doña Ana County, NM Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Doña Ana County, NM is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 224,261 residents against a local median of 27,774. Where Doña Ana County, NM breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 18% above the local median of 15.4 min at 18.1 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 9.5% against a local median of 8.2%, 16% above it. The counties themselves spread 10.1 min on one-way commute, so Doña Ana County, NM sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Doña Ana County, NM has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Doña Ana County, New Mexico?
Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,686 at a typical national wage. That's 4% less than the typical New Mexico commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Doña Ana County, New Mexico?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM Р07:29 AM in Do̱a Ana County, New Mexico. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM Р07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in New Mexico have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in New Mexico, the shortest average commutes are in De Baca County (7.9 min), Quay County (8.0 min), Union County (8.3 min). The longest are in Torrance County (36.5 min), Mora County (30.1 min), Valencia County (30.1 min).