Photo: ERoss99 · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Kiowa
The average commute takes 34 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. Only 4% stay in Kiowa for work; outside it, Denver is the main destination (13%, 37 miles). Working from home is the commute for 14% of workers, against 21% across Colorado.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Kiowa stands out on work
Kiowa’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Kiowa is Denver, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (50) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Kiowa workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 395 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Kiowa’s workers travel
About 19% 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.
Time on the road from Kiowa: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kiowa workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 357 commuters (the 14% 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.
Who works in Kiowa, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 378 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 398 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 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 towns that employ Kiowa’s residents
Where Kiowa clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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.
Kiowa is a services town
415 jobs are based in Kiowa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kiowa, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 415. 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 Kiowa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Kiowa: questions
What is the median household income in Kiowa?
$92,625 (±$26,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kiowa?
15.7%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kiowa?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kiowa work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (13%, 37 mi), Colorado Springs (11%, 37 mi), Aurora (6%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kiowa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kiowa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kiowa
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.