Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0For about two in three of its working residents, Redlands is a commute to Grand Junction
For 14% of workers, the job is at home; Colorado has 21%. The two grades for Redlands are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% work in Redlands; the top destination outside it is Grand Junction (65%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Redlands
Most Redlands residents work close to home
75% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Redlands is a place people come home to
There are 635 jobs based in Redlands, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Redlands has about 6,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Redlands are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 25 across Colorado. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Colorado worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Redlands: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Redlands is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #108 of 159 in Colorado. Household income holds Redlands’ grade up ($92,391, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Redlands could be anywhere from C to A−.
How far Redlands goes to work
About 21% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Redlands
On a workday 3,421 residents head out to work, 117 work right here, and 518 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Redlands on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
Redlands’ commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redlands workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,061 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.
Where the trip to work from Redlands ends
Where Redlands clocks in
65% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
What Redlands’ employers do
635 jobs are based in Redlands.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redlands, 2013 → 2023: 641 → 635. 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 Redlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Redlands is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Redlands is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #144 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Redlands near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,549 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.3% of Redlands households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Redlands’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Redlands is 1,736th of 2,907 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 12,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,734 | Baxter MN | 9,217 | $71K | 13.1% | 2.3% | 21% | B− |
| 1,735 | West Lincoln Township IL | 7,252 | $60K | 11.7% | 2.6% | 28% | B− |
| 1,736 | Redlands CO | 8,868 | $92K | 6.9% | 6.3% | 3% | B− |
| 1,737 | Dallas NC | 6,392 | $58K | 10.5% | 4.5% | 3% | B− |
| 1,738 | Pleasanton TX | 11,511 | $65K | 12.6% | 3.0% | 17% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,907 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Redlands, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
69% of Redlands works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Redlands workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redlands | – | B− | C | 19 min | $92,391 |
| Grand Junction | 65% | C+ | A | 16 min | $70,080 |
| Fruita | 4% | B+ | A− | 21 min | $87,184 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Grand Junction. Darker towns draw more of Redlands’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 Redlands: questions
What is the median household income in Redlands?
$92,391 (±$25,592) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redlands?
6.9%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redlands?
19 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redlands work?
3% work in town.
Is Redlands walkable?
Redlands is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Redlands without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Redlands, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redlands
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.