Most of Kirk commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole. 10 jobs are based in Kirk for 19 working residents. Hardly any stay in Kirk for work; outside it, Yuma is the main destination (32%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Kirk by day
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17 people are in Kirk on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Kirk’s working residents head each day
Where Kirk clocks in
32% of workers
16% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 40% of Kirk’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kirk, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 10. 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 Kirk’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Kirk
of Kirk workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 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.
How far Kirk’s workers travel
About 26% 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 Kirk: questions
What is the median household income in Kirk?
$97,857 (±$60,804) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kirk?
3.8%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Kirk work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yuma (32%, 36 mi), Wray (16%, 38 mi), Loveland (5%, 142 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kirk without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kirk, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kirk
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.