Photo: ERoss99 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Limon have lower incomes than those in 65% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 4% of workers, against 21% across Colorado. 8.1% of residents are in poverty, against 9.4% across Colorado. Jobs and income earn Limon C; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Limon
A big share show a job far from home
46% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Limon workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 743 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Limon’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Limon is better than 25% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Limon’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Limon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Limon could be anywhere from D to B−.
The commute from Limon, by distance
About 46% 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.
The trip to work from Limon: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Limon workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 733 commuters (the 4% 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 Limon, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 508 residents head out to work, 235 work right here, and 729 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Limon on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 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.
9% of working residents work in Hugo
Where Limon clocks in
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Limon
964 jobs are based in Limon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Limon, 2013 → 2023: 867 → 964. 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 Limon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Limon commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 761 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.9% of Limon households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Limon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Limon ranks 3,712th of 5,509 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Columbine Valley CO | 1,684 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Holly Hills CO | 2,572 | $122K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 148 | Acres Green CO | 2,639 | $142K | 8.0% | 1.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,710 | Preston Heights IL | 2,449 | $52K | 22.8% | 7.2% | <1% | C |
| 3,711 | Castle Point MO | 2,340 | $38K | 34.1% | 13.4% | 1% | C |
| 3,712 | Limon CO | 2,021 | $66K | 8.1% | 1.7% | 32% | C |
| 3,713 | Neligh NE | 1,551 | $59K | 7.4% | 2.1% | 37% | C |
| 3,714 | New Concord OH | 2,473 | $70K | 15.7% | 6.0% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Limon, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
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 Limon: questions
What is the median household income in Limon?
$65,776 (±$19,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Limon?
8.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Limon?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Limon work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hugo (9%, 14 mi), Denver (7%, 72 mi), Colorado Springs (5%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Limon walkable?
Limon is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Limon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Limon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Limon
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.