Coaldale has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Coaldale has 12 jobs, against 140 working residents. Hardly any work in Coaldale; the top destination outside it is Salida (21%, 16 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Colorado as a whole has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Coaldale on a workday afternoon
On a workday 140 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Coaldale on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
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 Coaldale work
Where Coaldale clocks in
21% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Coaldale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coaldale, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 12. 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 Coaldale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Coaldale
of Coaldale workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 325 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.
How many miles Coaldale commutes
About 42% 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.
Around Coaldale: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coaldale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaldale | – | — | — | — | — |
| Howard | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Howard: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coaldale’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 Coaldale: questions
What is the poverty rate in Coaldale?
19.9%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Coaldale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salida (21%, 16 mi), Cañon City (9%, 33 mi), Denver (6%, 109 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coaldale 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 Coaldale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coaldale
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.