Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Where Sawpit earns its living
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Colorado as a whole has 21%. Hardly any work in Sawpit; the top destination outside it is Mountain Village (39%, 9 miles). 16 jobs are based in Sawpit, and 18 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Sawpit on a workday
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
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 Sawpit: the destinations
Where Sawpit clocks in
39% of workers
22% 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.
Sawpit works in goods: 63% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sawpit, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 16. 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 Sawpit’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sawpit
of Sawpit workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 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.
Where in the region Sawpit works
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 Sawpit: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sawpit?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sawpit work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mountain Village (39%, 9 mi), Telluride (22%, 11 mi), Silverton (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sawpit 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 Sawpit, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sawpit
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.