Photo: Photolitherland Chris Litherland · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Cañon City have lower incomes than those in 66% of U.S. towns
10% of workers have no commute at all, against 21% across Colorado. 13.4% of residents live below the poverty line (Colorado 9.4%). Jobs and income earn Cañon City C; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cañon City: the figures worth knowing
Cañon City’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cañon City is Colorado Springs, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (739) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Cañon City are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 25 across Colorado. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Colorado worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Cañon City’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cañon City is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #140 of 159 in Colorado. Unemployment holds Cañon City’s grade up (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cañon City could be anywhere from D to B−.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cañon City
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How long Cañon City spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cañon City workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,301 commuters (the 11% 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 a workday changes Cañon City
On a workday 4,139 residents head out to work, 2,019 work right here, and 4,335 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Colorado Springs
Where Cañon City clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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 work there is in Cañon City: 6,354 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cañon City, 2014 → 2024: 5,805 → 6,354. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cañon City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cañon City is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cañon City is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #68 of 159 in Colorado. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 6.4% across Colorado, on an EPA index of 7.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,044 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 12% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.2% of Cañon City households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cañon City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000, Cañon City comes 1,647th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Greenwood Village CO | 15,323 | $149K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 177 | Superior CO | 13,637 | $159K | 3.2% | 3.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 191 | Lone Tree CO | 15,278 | $124K | 4.9% | 3.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,645 | Cortland NY | 17,394 | $59K | 20.8% | 4.2% | 21% | C |
| 1,646 | Lealman FL | 20,567 | $45K | 15.6% | 7.2% | 3% | C |
| 1,647 | Cañon City CO | 17,030 | $65K | 13.4% | 4.2% | 33% | C |
| 1,648 | Carthage MO | 15,895 | $51K | 27.2% | 3.2% | 32% | C |
| 1,649 | LaSalle Township IL | 13,152 | $61K | 16.1% | 5.3% | 14% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cañon City, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Cañon City and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Lincoln Park (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cañon City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cañon City | – | C | A− | 19 min | $64,787 |
| Lincoln Park | 1% | D | C+ | 22 min | $60,036 |
| Park Center | under 2% | B− | B | 30 min | $72,212 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cañon City’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Cañon City: questions
What is the median household income in Cañon City?
$64,787 (±$9,615) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cañon City?
13.4%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cañon City?
19 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cañon City work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colorado Springs (12%, 38 mi), Pueblo (7%, 35 mi), Denver (6%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cañon City walkable?
Cañon City is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cañon City without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cañon City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cañon City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.