Photo: Milan Suvajac · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Silver Plume works elsewhere
There are 10 jobs in Silver Plume; 77 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Silver Plume; the top destination outside it is Georgetown (19%, 2 miles). Working residents average 37 minutes each way, where Colorado has 25 and 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 Silver Plume
On a workday 77 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Silver Plume on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Commuting out of Silver Plume: the destinations
Where Silver Plume clocks in
19% of workers
13% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Silver Plume
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silver Plume, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 10. 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 Silver Plume’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Silver Plume spends getting to work: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silver Plume workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 commuters (the 27% 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 Silver Plume
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 Silver Plume: questions
What is the median household income in Silver Plume?
$52,083 (±$36,028) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silver Plume?
17.3%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silver Plume?
37 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silver Plume work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Georgetown (19%, 2 mi), Denver (13%, 45 mi), Idaho Springs (12%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Silver Plume 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 Silver Plume, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silver Plume
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.