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Jobs & commute in No Name

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of No Name works elsewhere

Working from home is the commute for 14% of workers (Colorado 21%). No Name has 2 jobs for 75 working residents. Hardly any work in No Name itself; outside it, Glenwood Springs draws the most (39%, 3 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of No Name

On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

75live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night270
Workday200
270live here− 75head out to work+ 2come in to work= 200on a workday

About 200 people are in No Name on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The places No Name commutes to

Georgetown: 1 residents work here (1%)Leadville: 2 residents work here (3%)Basalt: 1 residents work here (1%)Carbondale: 2 residents work here (3%)Aspen: 5 residents work here (7%)Vail: 2 residents work here (3%)Glenwood Springs: 29 residents work here (39%)Rifle: 3 residents work here (4%)Snowmass Village: 2 residents work here (3%)Denver: 7 residents work here (9%)No NameGlenwood SpringsDenverAspenRifleLeadvilleCarbondaleNo Name
1
Glenwood Springs2.8 mi away
39%29
2
Denver129 mi away
9%7
3
Aspen35 mi away
7%5
4
Rifle25.5 mi away
4%3
5
Leadville57.6 mi away
3%2
6
Carbondale12.1 mi away
3%2
7
Vail49.8 mi away
3%2
8
Snowmass Village30.1 mi away
3%2
9
Georgetown85.7 mi away
1%1
10
Basalt18.5 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%21
The top trips

Where No Name clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

50% of the jobs in No Name make or build things

Jobs based in No NameJobs No Name residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms50%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%17%
Services: health, schools, offices50%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%21%
Over $3,333 a month50%64%

Who does it

29 or younger0%25%
30 to 540%52%
55 and older100%23%
−33%

Jobs based in No Name, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 2. 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 No Name’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in No Name

Working from home
14%

of No Name workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How No Name gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 69 commuters (the 14% 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from No Name

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGlenwood Springs: 39% · 2.8 miDenver: 9% · 129 miAspen: 7% · 35 miRifle: 4% · 25.5 miLeadville: 3% · 57.6 miCarbondale: 3% · 12.1 miVail: 3% · 49.8 miSnowmass Village: 3% · 30.1 miGeorgetown: 1% · 85.7 miBasalt: 1% · 18.5 miGlenwood Springs 39%Denver 9%Aspen 7%Rifle 4%Leadville 3%No Name
No NameTop destinations (size = commuters)
42%Under 10 mi31 residents
7%10–24 mi5 residents
22%25–50 mi16 residents
30%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 30% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in No Name: questions

What is the median household income in No Name?

$158,377 (±$18,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in No Name?

0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in No Name work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Glenwood Springs (39%, 3 mi), Denver (9%, 129 mi), Aspen (7%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around No Name 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 No Name, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

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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.