Photo: ERoss99 · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Antonito earns its living
10% of workers have no commute at all; Colorado has 21%. About one in seven stay in Antonito for work; outside it, Alamosa is the main destination (17%, 28 miles). Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Colorado 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Antonito for work, and who comes in
On a workday 163 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Antonito on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Antonito’s workers come from
Where Antonito clocks in
17% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
299 jobs are based in Antonito.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Antonito, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 299. 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 Antonito’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Antonito: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Antonito workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 211 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Antonito
About 35% 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 Antonito: questions
What is the median household income in Antonito?
$35,083 (±$6,599) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Antonito?
19.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Antonito?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Antonito work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alamosa (17%, 28 mi), La Jara (8%, 14 mi), Colorado Springs (4%, 141 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Antonito without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Antonito, from the people who make the trip.
More of Antonito
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.