Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Manassa commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, next to 25 for Colorado and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Manassa report 39 jobs for 239 working residents. Only 2% work in Manassa; the top destination outside it is Alamosa (15%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Manassa stands out on work
Manassa is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Manassa, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Manassa and Alamosa trade workers both ways
Alamosa is the top workplace for Manassa residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Manassa come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% 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 ↓
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 239 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Manassa quiets down on a workday
On a workday 235 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Manassa on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
The towns that employ Manassa’s residents
Where Manassa clocks in
15% of workers
10% 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.
Manassa’s commute, mile by mile
About 39% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 31% of the jobs in Manassa
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manassa, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 39. 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 Manassa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Manassa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manassa workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 446 commuters (the 2% 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.
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 Manassa: questions
What is the median household income in Manassa?
$60,250 (±$8,864) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manassa?
5.5%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manassa?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manassa work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alamosa (15%, 21 mi), Antonito (10%, 8 mi), Denver (6%, 188 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Manassa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manassa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manassa
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.