Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Most of Nathrop commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 15 jobs in Nathrop for 111 working residents. Hardly any work in Nathrop; the top destination outside it is Buena Vista (29%, 7 miles). 0% of workers work from home (Colorado 21%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Nathrop on a workday afternoon
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 91 people are in Nathrop on a workday afternoon, 51% 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.
Where Nathrop’s working residents head each day
Where Nathrop clocks in
29% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Nathrop
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nathrop, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 15. 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 Nathrop’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Nathrop
of Nathrop workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 86 commuters (the 0% 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 Nathrop
About 47% 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 Nathrop: questions
What is the median household income in Nathrop?
$30,040 (±$4,645) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nathrop?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Nathrop work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buena Vista (29%, 7 mi), Salida (9%, 16 mi), Denver (9%, 95 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nathrop 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 Nathrop, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nathrop
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.