Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Monument top those of 91% of U.S. towns
Monument grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. 4.7% of residents are in poverty, next to 9.4% for Colorado as a whole. Only 6% stay in Monument for work; outside it, Colorado Springs is the main destination (46%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Monument: the gist
Monument trades workers with the towns around it
Monument has about as many jobs (3,846) as working residents (3,889), but they are mostly different people: 3,640 residents leave for work each day while 3,597 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Monument are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Monument have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Monument went from 1,887 in 2013 to 3,846 in 2023, +104%. The jobs ↓
Monument and Colorado Springs trade workers both ways
Colorado Springs is the top workplace for Monument residents (46%) and also where the most people who work in Monument come from (35% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Monument’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monument is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #55 of 159 in Colorado. Household income holds Monument’s grade up ($128,816, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monument could be anywhere from B to A+.
Monument on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,640 residents head out to work, 249 work right here, and 3,597 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 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.
Inside Monument’s 3,846 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monument, 2013 → 2023: 1,887 → 3,846. 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 Monument’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Monument goes to work
Where Monument clocks in
46% of workers
7% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Colorado
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monument workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,514 commuters (the 25% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Monument
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.
Getting around Monument: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monument is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #112 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 6.4% across Colorado.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,015 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.1% of Monument households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monument’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000, Monument comes 682nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Greenwood Village CO | 15,323 | $149K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 680 | Amity Township PA | 13,585 | $118K | 12.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A− |
| 681 | South Lebanon Township PA | 10,735 | $85K | 7.9% | 1.7% | 13% | A− |
| 682 | Monument CO | 13,813 | $129K | 4.7% | 4.3% | 6% | A− |
| 683 | Wauconda IL | 13,993 | $111K | 6.2% | 4.9% | 7% | A− |
| 684 | Mountain Park GA | 12,850 | $96K | 12.9% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Monument, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Monument and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monument workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument | – | A− | B | 29 min | $128,816 |
| Woodmoor | 6% | A | B− | 29 min | $171,875 |
| Gleneagle | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $139,653 |
| Palmer Lake | under 2% | B+ | C | 22 min | $125,357 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Woodmoor. Darker towns draw more of Monument’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 Monument: questions
What is the median household income in Monument?
$128,816 (±$13,478) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monument?
4.7%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monument?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monument work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colorado Springs (46%, 15 mi), Denver (7%, 48 mi), Woodmoor (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monument walkable?
Monument is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monument without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monument, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monument
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.