Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Dinosaur, CO
Only 3% work in Dinosaur itself; outside it, Craig draws the most (14%, 79 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Colorado as a whole has 21%. Employers in Dinosaur report 54 jobs; 72 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Dinosaur: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 70 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 52 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.
0.75 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.
Commuting out of Dinosaur: the destinations
Where Dinosaur clocks in
14% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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 Dinosaur
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dinosaur, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 54. 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 Dinosaur’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Dinosaur
of Dinosaur workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 75 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Dinosaur
About 87% 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 Dinosaur: questions
What is the median household income in Dinosaur?
$51,032 (±$5,604) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dinosaur?
3.2%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dinosaur work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Craig (14%, 79 mi), Denver (7%, 221 mi), Rangely (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dinosaur 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 Dinosaur, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dinosaur
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.