Most of Lazear commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For 13% of workers, the job is at home, against 21% across Colorado. There are 30 jobs in Lazear for 64 working residents. Only 2% work in Lazear itself; outside it, Hotchkiss draws the most (13%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Lazear: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Lazear on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 Lazear’s working residents head each day
Where Lazear clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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 Lazear, 90% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lazear, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 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 Lazear’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lazear
of Lazear workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 13% 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.
The distance from Lazear to work
About 25% 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 Lazear: questions
What is the median household income in Lazear?
$41,841 (±$28,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lazear?
48.5%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lazear work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hotchkiss (13%, 4 mi), Grand Junction (9%, 47 mi), Delta (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lazear 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 Lazear, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lazear
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.