Most of Jansen commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Jansen itself; outside it, Trinidad draws the most (38%, 3 miles). Jansen has 6 jobs for 37 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Jansen: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Jansen on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live 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 Jansen’s working residents head each day
Where Jansen clocks in
38% of workers
11% 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.
In Jansen, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jansen, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 6. 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 Jansen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Jansen
of Jansen workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Jansen
About 35% 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 Jansen: questions
What is the median household income in Jansen?
$33,242 (±$27,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jansen?
35.8%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Jansen work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trinidad (38%, 3 mi), Aguilar (11%, 18 mi), Colorado Springs (11%, 119 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jansen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jansen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jansen
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.