Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Minturn
Only 6% work in Minturn itself; outside it, Vail draws the most (16%, 7 miles). Home is the office for 7% of workers, where Colorado as a whole has 21%. The average commute takes 14 minutes each way (Colorado 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Minturn in brief
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Commutes from Minturn are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 25 across Colorado. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Colorado worker. 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 643 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Minturn
About 38% 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.
A commute of about 14 minutes in Minturn
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minturn workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 497 commuters (the 7% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Minturn
On a workday 603 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 377 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Minturn on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Minturn to work: where people go
Where Minturn clocks in
14% 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.
A place that makes things: 29% of Minturn’s jobs are in goods
417 jobs are based in Minturn.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minturn, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 417. 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 Minturn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns around Minturn
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Minturn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minturn | – | — | — | 14 min | $111,944 |
| Red Cliff | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Red Cliff: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Minturn’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Minturn: questions
What is the median household income in Minturn?
$111,944 (±$26,293) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minturn?
10.3%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minturn?
14 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minturn work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vail (16%, 7 mi), Avon (14%, 10 mi), Denver (6%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Minturn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minturn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minturn
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.