Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Where Padroni earns its living
100.0% of residents are in poverty, where Colorado as a whole has 9.4%. Hardly any work in Padroni itself; outside it, Sterling draws the most (22%, 11 miles). No jobs are based in Padroni in the Census job records; 37 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Padroni for work, and who comes in
On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Padroni on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
The places Padroni commutes to
Where Padroni clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
3% 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.
How far Padroni goes to work
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 Padroni: questions
What is the poverty rate in Padroni?
100.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Padroni work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sterling (22%, 11 mi), Denver (11%, 114 mi), Merino (3%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Padroni, from the people who make the trip.
More of Padroni
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.