Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Pueblo draws more than half of Beulah Valley’s working residents
A typical one-way commute lasts 47 minutes, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. Only 2% work in Beulah Valley itself; outside it, Pueblo draws the most (53%, 24 miles). 59 jobs are based in Beulah Valley; 186 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Beulah Valley
On a workday 183 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Beulah Valley on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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 people from Beulah Valley work
Where Beulah Valley clocks in
53% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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 health care, schools and offices in Beulah Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beulah Valley, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 59. 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 Beulah Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Beulah Valley spends getting to work: about 47 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beulah Valley workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 179 commuters (the 27% 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.
Beulah Valley’s commute, mile by mile
About 31% 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 Beulah Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Beulah Valley?
$52,796 (±$15,907) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beulah Valley?
10.4%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beulah Valley?
47 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beulah Valley work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Beulah Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beulah Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beulah Valley
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.