EM Ranch · Photo: Sue Norton, Campbell, California · Public domainHartsel has 7.2 jobs for every working resident: 94 people commute in to work
Hardly any work in Hartsel itself; outside it, Colorado Springs draws the most (15%, 57 miles). There are 94 jobs in Hartsel, and 13 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Hartsel, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 13 residents head out to work and none work right 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 the people who work in Hartsel live
Where Hartsel clocks in
15% of workers
15% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hartsel, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 94. 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 Hartsel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hartsel’s commute, mile by mile
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 Hartsel: questions
Where do people who live in Hartsel work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colorado Springs (15%, 57 mi), Denver (15%, 71 mi), Breckenridge (8%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hartsel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hartsel
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.