Romeo has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Romeo; the top destination outside it is Antonito (26%, 7 miles). 31 jobs are based in Romeo, against 72 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Colorado as a whole has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Romeo, and who commutes in
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Romeo on a workday afternoon, 13% 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 Romeo to work: where people go
Where Romeo clocks in
26% of workers
19% 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.
Jobs in Romeo: what the 31 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Romeo, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 31. 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 Romeo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Romeo’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Romeo workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 149 commuters (the 3% 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.
How far Romeo goes to work
About 34% 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 Romeo: questions
What is the median household income in Romeo?
$45,469 (±$7,785) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Romeo?
26.6%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Romeo?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Romeo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Antonito (26%, 7 mi), Alamosa (19%, 22 mi), Denver (6%, 189 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Romeo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Romeo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Romeo
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.