Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Manzanola commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Manzanola; the top destination outside it is La Junta (16%, 20 miles). There are 21 jobs in Manzanola for 136 working residents. 5% of workers have no commute at all; Colorado has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Manzanola
On a workday 134 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Manzanola on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Manzanola’s residents
Where Manzanola clocks in
16% of workers
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 Manzanola
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manzanola, 2014 → 2024: 65 → 21. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manzanola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Manzanola: about 46 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manzanola workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Manzanola
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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Manzanola: questions
What is the median household income in Manzanola?
$36,010 (±$4,789) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manzanola?
8.6%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manzanola?
46 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manzanola work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Junta (16%, 20 mi), Rocky Ford (7%, 9 mi), Colorado Springs (5%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Manzanola 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 Manzanola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manzanola
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.