Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Atwood works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Atwood for work; outside it, Sterling is the main destination (27%, 6 miles). Employers in Atwood report 15 jobs, against 64 working residents. Home is the office for 44% of workers, against 21% across Colorado.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Atwood on a workday afternoon
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13 people are in Atwood on a workday afternoon, 79% 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.
The places Atwood commutes to
Where Atwood clocks in
27% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
87% of the jobs in Atwood pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Atwood, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 15. 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 Atwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Atwood
of Atwood workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 44% 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.
How far it is to work from Atwood
About 47% 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 Atwood: questions
What is the median household income in Atwood?
$40,694 (±$4,266) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Atwood?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Atwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sterling (27%, 6 mi), Greeley (9%, 79 mi), Fort Morgan (8%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Atwood 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 Atwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Atwood
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.