First Baptist Church of Moffat · Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 4.6 jobs in Moffat for every working resident, and 114 people commute in
Only 4% work in Moffat itself; outside it, Saguache draws the most (16%, 14 miles). There are 115 jobs in Moffat, against 25 working residents. Home is the office for 78% of workers; Colorado has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Moffat nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 24 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 190 people are in Moffat on a workday afternoon, 88% more than live here.
4.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Moffat
Where Moffat clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
Most jobs in Moffat are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moffat, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 115. 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 Moffat’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Moffat
of Moffat workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 commuters (the 78% 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.
Miles to work from Moffat
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.
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 Moffat: questions
What is the poverty rate in Moffat?
22.2%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Moffat work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saguache (16%, 14 mi), Denver (8%, 133 mi), Crestone (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moffat 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 Moffat, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moffat
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.