Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Campo, CO
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole. Only 4% stay in Campo for work; outside it, Walsh is the main destination (19%, 26 miles). The trip to work takes 7 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
Campo by day and by night
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 26 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 (1.00 per resident).
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 Campo goes to work
Where Campo clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Campo is a services town
27 jobs are based in Campo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Campo, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 27. 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 Campo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Campo’s commute takes about 7 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Campo workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 0% 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.
Half of Campo commutes less than 68 miles
About 56% 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 Campo: questions
What is the median household income in Campo?
$53,125 (±$40,478) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Campo?
10.3%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Campo?
7 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Campo work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Walsh (19%, 26 mi), Springfield (11%, 21 mi), Colorado Springs (7%, 170 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Campo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Campo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Campo
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.