Most of Cotopaxi commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Cotopaxi; the top destination outside it is Salida (19%, 20 miles). Cotopaxi has 2 jobs for 21 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all; Colorado has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cotopaxi quiets down on a workday
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22 people are in Cotopaxi on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 Cotopaxi’s working residents head each day
Where Cotopaxi clocks in
19% of workers
14% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Cotopaxi
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cotopaxi, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 2. 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 Cotopaxi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cotopaxi
of Cotopaxi workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 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.
The commute from Cotopaxi, by distance
About 38% 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 Cotopaxi: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cotopaxi?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cotopaxi work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salida (19%, 20 mi), Cañon City (14%, 26 mi), Pueblo (10%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cotopaxi 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 Cotopaxi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cotopaxi
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.