Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0How Catherine works: jobs, income and commuting
For 39% of workers, the job is at home, against 21% across Colorado. Hardly any stay in Catherine for work; outside it, Aspen is the main destination (26%, 22 miles). 141 jobs are based in Catherine, and 119 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Catherine
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 141 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 (1.18 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 people from Catherine work
Where Catherine clocks in
8% 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.
65% of the jobs in Catherine pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Catherine, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 141. 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 Catherine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Catherine
of Catherine workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 commuters (the 39% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Catherine
About 20% 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.
Work in the towns next to Catherine
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Catherine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine | – | — | — | — | $211,154 |
| Mulford | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mulford: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Catherine’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 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 Catherine: questions
What is the median household income in Catherine?
$211,154 (±$210,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Catherine?
23.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Catherine work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aspen (26%, 22 mi), Carbondale (12%, 4 mi), Glenwood Springs (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Catherine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Catherine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Catherine
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.