Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Jobs and earnings in Saddle Ridge, and the trip to work
Hardly any work in Saddle Ridge; the top destination outside it is Fort Morgan (27%, 4 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Colorado has 21%. No jobs are based in Saddle Ridge in the Census job records; 22 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Saddle Ridge for work, and who comes in
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5 people are in Saddle Ridge on a workday afternoon, 81% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where people from Saddle Ridge work
Where Saddle Ridge clocks in
27% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Working from home in Saddle Ridge
of Saddle Ridge workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 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 distance from Saddle Ridge to work
About 32% 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 Saddle Ridge: questions
What is the poverty rate in Saddle Ridge?
100.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Saddle Ridge work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Morgan (27%, 4 mi), Greeley (9%, 52 mi), Ordway (5%, 145 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Saddle Ridge 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 Saddle Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saddle Ridge
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.