Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Rockvale works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 35 minutes on average, next to 25 for Colorado and 26 for the U.S. 5 jobs are based in Rockvale for 189 working residents. Hardly any work in Rockvale itself; outside it, Cañon City draws the most (21%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rockvale on a workday afternoon
On a workday 188 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Rockvale 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.
Commuting out of Rockvale: the destinations
Where Rockvale clocks in
21% of workers
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.
What Rockvale’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rockvale, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 5. 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 Rockvale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Rockvale: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rockvale workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 commuters (the 24% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Rockvale
About 37% 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.
Around Rockvale: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rockvale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockvale | – | — | — | 35 min | $46,250 |
| Williamsburg | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Williamsburg: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rockvale’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 Rockvale: questions
What is the median household income in Rockvale?
$46,250 (±$16,997) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rockvale?
10.9%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rockvale?
35 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rockvale work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cañon City (21%, 6 mi), Colorado Springs (11%, 41 mi), Pueblo (8%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rockvale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rockvale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rockvale
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.