Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Redstone has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 21% across Colorado. 14 jobs are based in Redstone, and 74 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Redstone itself; outside it, Aspen draws the most (26%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Redstone on a workday
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 84 people are in Redstone on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 Redstone ends
Where Redstone clocks in
11% 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.
Jobs in Redstone: what the 14 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redstone, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 14. 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 Redstone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Redstone: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redstone workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from Redstone, by distance
About 24% 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 Redstone: questions
What is the median household income in Redstone?
$114,479 (±$83,082) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redstone?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redstone?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redstone work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aspen (26%, 22 mi), Snowmass Village (11%, 16 mi), Basalt (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Redstone 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 Redstone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redstone
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.