Almost no one in El Jebel’s labor force is looking for work
Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns. The two grades for El Jebel are A− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 7.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 13.2 in Denver.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
El Jebel at work: what stands out
El Jebel workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
El Jebel is a place people come home to
There are 635 jobs based in El Jebel, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday El Jebel has about 1,400 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of El Jebel works in Aspen
602 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Aspen, 20 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in El Jebel itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for El Jebel
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, El Jebel is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #53 of 159 in Colorado. Unemployment holds El Jebel’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, El Jebel could be anywhere from B to A.
About 32 minutes each way for El Jebel’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of El Jebel workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,585 commuters (the 13% 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.
A workday in El Jebel: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,070 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 540 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in El Jebel on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.
0.29 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.
28% of working residents work in Aspen
Where El Jebel clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Inside El Jebel’s 635 jobs
635 jobs are based in El Jebel.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in El Jebel, 2013 → 2023: 603 → 635. 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 El Jebel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from El Jebel
About 20% 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.
In El Jebel, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, El Jebel is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #6 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place El Jebel near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,832 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 29% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 4.8% of El Jebel households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 21% of El Jebel’s commuters take a bus or train.
El Jebel places 676th of 4,618 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Stepping Stone CO | 3,137 | $224K | 0.0% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Sierra Ridge CO | 3,663 | $158K | 0.1% | 2.4% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Genesee CO | 3,778 | $187K | 2.4% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 674 | Hamilton Township PA | 2,778 | $107K | 6.2% | 2.9% | 4% | A− |
| 675 | Jamestown WI | 2,305 | $93K | 3.1% | 1.9% | 5% | A− |
| 676 | El Jebel CO | 2,941 | $103K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A− |
| 677 | Howards Grove WI | 3,190 | $78K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 5% | A− |
| 678 | Bertrand Township MI | 2,587 | $101K | 6.0% | 2.9% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 El Jebel, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Bordering towns draw 12% of El Jebel’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Basalt. Darker towns draw more of El Jebel’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 El Jebel: questions
What is the median household income in El Jebel?
$103,042 (±$48,279) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in El Jebel?
1.5%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from El Jebel?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in El Jebel work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aspen (28%, 20 mi), Basalt (12%, 4 mi), Snowmass Village (11%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is El Jebel walkable?
El Jebel is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 21% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around El Jebel without a car?
21% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 29% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from El Jebel, from the people who make the trip.
More of El Jebel
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.