Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Boone, and the trip to work
Only 4% work in Boone itself; outside it, Pueblo draws the most (30%, 19 miles). 7% of workers work from home, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole. The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Boone
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Boone on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Commuting in to Boone: where workers come from
Where Boone clocks in
30% of workers
11% 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.
What the 132 jobs in Boone are
132 jobs are based in Boone.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boone, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 132. 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 Boone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Boone takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boone workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 commuters (the 7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Boone
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 Boone: questions
What is the median household income in Boone?
$77,793 (±$36,423) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boone?
18.7%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boone?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boone work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pueblo (30%, 19 mi), Colorado Springs (11%, 50 mi), Denver (5%, 110 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Boone without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boone
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.