Bridge over Burro Canon · Photo: Jeffrey Beall from Colorado, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Earning a living in Segundo
Hardly any work in Segundo itself; outside it, Trinidad draws the most (22%, 14 miles). For 36% of workers, the job is at home; Colorado has 21%. Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average; the Colorado average is 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Segundo
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 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 (0.81 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.
The places Segundo commutes to
Where Segundo clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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.
Segundo makes things: 45% of its jobs are in goods
29 jobs are based in Segundo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Segundo, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 29. 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 Segundo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Segundo spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Segundo workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 36% 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.
Miles to work from Segundo
About 44% 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.
Next door to Segundo
The biggest share goes to Valdez (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Segundo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Segundo | – | — | — | 31 min | $79,141 |
| Valdez | 8% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Valdez: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Segundo’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 Segundo: questions
What is the median household income in Segundo?
$79,141 (±$10,414) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Segundo?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Segundo?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Segundo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trinidad (22%, 14 mi), Pueblo (8%, 80 mi), Denver (8%, 182 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Segundo without a car?
5% 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 Segundo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Segundo
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.