Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 2.0 jobs in Dillon for every working resident, and 1,133 people commute in
For jobs and income Dillon is better than 68% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). Employers in Dillon report 1,163 jobs for 579 working residents. Measured by household income, Dillon is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Dillon: the gist
Dillon is where the jobs are
Dillon has 1,163 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,600 people are in town, 57% more than the 1,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
A lot of Dillon works from home
30% of Dillon workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. 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 579 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Dillon earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Dillon’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Dillon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dillon could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
How many people are in Dillon by day
On a workday 549 residents head out to work and 30 work right here.
About 1,600 people are in Dillon on a workday afternoon, 57% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 in the region Dillon works
About 32% 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.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Dillon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dillon workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 331 commuters (the 30% 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 towns that send workers to Dillon
Where Dillon clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
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.
The kinds of work in Dillon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dillon, 2013 → 2023: 893 → 1,163. 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 Dillon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Dillon, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 6.4% across Colorado.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 470 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). 0.0% of Dillon households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dillon’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Dillon is 539th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 155 | Aetna Estates CO | 1,010 | $75K | 1.1% | 0.5% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 509 | Loma CO | 1,350 | $141K | 5.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 537 | Hanna City IL | 1,238 | $73K | 5.4% | 2.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 538 | Chilmark MA | 1,253 | $169K | 4.1% | 9.8% | 10% | B+ |
| 539 | Dillon CO | 1,029 | $111K | 4.1% | 2.6% | 5% | B+ |
| 540 | Fairbank IA | 1,145 | $90K | 4.1% | 1.4% | 4% | B+ |
| 541 | Washington Township IN | 1,173 | $73K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 561 | Poncha Springs CO | 1,393 | $97K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Dillon, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
The towns around Dillon
The biggest share goes to Silverthorne (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dillon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon | – | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $111,250 |
| Silverthorne | 8% | C | A− | 24 min | $125,478 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dillon’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 Dillon: questions
What is the median household income in Dillon?
$111,250 (±$26,434) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dillon?
4.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dillon?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dillon work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Breckenridge (12%, 9 mi), Denver (9%, 62 mi), Keystone (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dillon walkable?
Dillon is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dillon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dillon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dillon
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.