Red Cliff Bridge · Photo: Hustvedt · CC BY-SA 3.0Red Cliff has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4% of workers have no commute at all, where Colorado as a whole has 21%. There are 37 jobs in Red Cliff; 120 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Red Cliff itself; outside it, Vail draws the most (13%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Red Cliff: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 118 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Red Cliff on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Out of Red Cliff to work: where people go
Where Red Cliff clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Cliff, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 37. 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 Red Cliff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Red Cliff
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red Cliff workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 172 commuters (the 4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Red Cliff
About 43% 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.
Work in the towns next to Red Cliff
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Red Cliff workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cliff | – | — | — | 26 min | $72,125 |
| Minturn | 4% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Minturn: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Minturn. Darker towns draw more of Red Cliff’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 Red Cliff: questions
What is the median household income in Red Cliff?
$72,125 (±$42,319) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Cliff?
6.5%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Cliff?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Red Cliff work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vail (13%, 9 mi), Avon (13%, 12 mi), Boulder (8%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Red Cliff without a car?
11% 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 Red Cliff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Cliff
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.