Photo: Jaknelaps · CC BY-SA 3.0Cedaredge has lower household incomes than 90% of U.S. towns
11% of workers have no commute at all, where Colorado as a whole has 21%. Poverty touches 20.6% of residents (Colorado 9.4%). For jobs and income Cedaredge is better than 2% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Cedaredge, in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Cedaredge
51% of Cedaredge residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Cedaredge pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 88% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Cedaredge pay little
27% of the jobs based in Cedaredge pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Cedaredge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 800 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Cedaredge’s grade explained
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Cedaredge’s grade.
Unemployment (9.3%) is left out: Cedaredge’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cedaredge could be anywhere from D− to D.
What the 304 jobs in Cedaredge are
304 jobs are based in Cedaredge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedaredge, 2013 → 2023: 398 → 304. 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 Cedaredge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Cedaredge, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedaredge workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 658 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.
Who works in Cedaredge, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 704 residents head out to work, 96 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Cedaredge on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.38 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.
20% of working residents work in Delta
Where Cedaredge clocks in
9% 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.
The distance from Cedaredge 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.
For most of Cedaredge, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 739 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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). 8.5% of Cedaredge households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cedaredge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Cedaredge sits among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Stepping Stone CO | 3,137 | $224K | 0.0% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Holly Hills CO | 2,572 | $122K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 153 | Acres Green CO | 2,639 | $142K | 8.0% | 1.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,034 | Lewiston CA | 2,020 | $40K | 17.6% | 4.7% | 6% | D− |
| 5,035 | Westmorland CA | 2,015 | $29K | 48.6% | 14.2% | 9% | D− |
| 5,036 | Cedaredge CO | 2,448 | $48K | 20.6% | 9.3% | 12% | D− |
| 5,037 | Bonifay FL | 2,839 | $41K | 22.1% | 4.4% | 24% | D− |
| 5,038 | Wewahitchka FL | 2,213 | $44K | 20.1% | 2.0% | 13% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Cedaredge, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
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 Cedaredge: questions
What is the median household income in Cedaredge?
$47,614 (±$15,656) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedaredge?
20.6%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedaredge?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedaredge work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delta (20%, 13 mi), Grand Junction (9%, 37 mi), Montrose (7%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedaredge walkable?
Cedaredge is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedaredge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedaredge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedaredge
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. 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.