Mean Commute Time in Lea County, NM

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Mean Commute Time
25.8 min −6.4% vs nat'l
Rank #1,742 of 3,222
46th percentile

How Lea County Compares

Lea County
25.8 min
New Mexico Average
25.8 min
Rank #12 of 33 in state
National
27.6 min
6.4% below

National Distribution

Where Lea County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for mean commute time.

3.7 min 49.1 min

■ Lea County: 25.8 min

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#1,739 Randolph County, IL 25.8 min
#1,740 McKenzie County, ND 25.8 min
#1,741 Churchill County, NV 25.8 min
#1,742 Lea County, NM 25.8 min
#1,743 Larimer County, CO 25.8 min
#1,744 Dunklin County, MO 25.8 min
#1,745 Madison County, MS 25.8 min
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Mean Commute Time in Lea County, New Mexico

Lea County, New Mexico has a mean commute time of 25.8 min, which ranks #1,742 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 6.4% below the national value of 27.6 min.

Within New Mexico, Lea County ranks #12 of 33 out of 33 counties. This places it in the 46th percentile nationally.

Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.