Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Where Guffey earns its living
There are 30 jobs in Guffey, and 34 of its residents work somewhere. Only 6% stay in Guffey for work; outside it, Colorado Springs is the main destination (12%, 41 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Guffey on a workday
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25 people are in Guffey on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Guffey commutes to
Where Guffey clocks in
12% of workers
12% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guffey, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 30. 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 Guffey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Guffey
About 62% 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 Guffey: questions
What is the poverty rate in Guffey?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Guffey work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colorado Springs (12%, 41 mi), Denver (12%, 77 mi), Salida (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Guffey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guffey
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.