Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Phippsburg has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Phippsburg report 9 jobs, and 87 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Phippsburg; the top destination outside it is Steamboat Springs (43%, 18 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; Colorado averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Phippsburg for work, and who comes in
On a workday 87 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Phippsburg on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 the trip to work from Phippsburg ends
Where Phippsburg clocks in
43% of workers
8% 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.
In Phippsburg, 89% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Phippsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Phippsburg takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Phippsburg workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 161 commuters (the 16% 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 Phippsburg
About 29% 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 Phippsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Phippsburg?
$87,232 (±$71,686) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Phippsburg?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Phippsburg?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Phippsburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Steamboat Springs (43%, 18 mi), Oak Creek (8%, 3 mi), Hayden (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Phippsburg 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 Phippsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Phippsburg
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.