Capilla de Viejo San Acacio · Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0San Acacio at work: jobs, income and the commute
The Census job records count 19 working residents of San Acacio and no jobs based in it. Hardly any stay in San Acacio for work; outside it, San Luis is the main destination (26%, 8 miles). Below the poverty line: 82.0% of residents (Colorado 9.4%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of San Acacio
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42 people are in San Acacio on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 San Acacio work
Where San Acacio clocks in
26% of workers
5% 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.
Half of San Acacio commutes less than 15 miles
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 San Acacio: questions
What is the poverty rate in San Acacio?
82.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in San Acacio work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Luis (26%, 8 mi), Antonito (5%, 26 mi), Alamosa (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from San Acacio, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Acacio
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.