Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Where Capulin earns its living
Hardly any stay in Capulin for work; outside it, Alamosa is the main destination (19%, 18 miles). Home is the office for 5% of workers; Colorado has 21%. The Census job records count 32 working residents of Capulin and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Capulin on a workday
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Capulin on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 Capulin’s working residents head each day
Where Capulin clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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.
Working from home in Capulin
of Capulin workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 5% 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 Capulin goes to work
About 25% 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 Capulin: questions
What is the poverty rate in Capulin?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Capulin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alamosa (19%, 18 mi), La Jara (6%, 8 mi), Antonito (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Capulin 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 Capulin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Capulin
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.