Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Silverton
About two in five stay in Silverton for work; outside it, Durango is the main destination (9%, 40 miles). Working from home is the commute for 28% of workers; Colorado has 21%. A typical one-way commute lasts 14 minutes (Colorado 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Silverton apart
Silverton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Silverton is Durango, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (25) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Silverton are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 25 across Colorado. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Colorado worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 267 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many miles Silverton commutes
About 30% 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.
How long Silverton spends getting to work: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silverton workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 277 commuters (the 28% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Silverton
On a workday 153 residents head out to work, 114 work right here, and 115 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 (0.86 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 Silverton: the destinations
Where Silverton clocks in
9% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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.
Jobs in Silverton: what the 229 are
229 jobs are based in Silverton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silverton, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 229. 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 Silverton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Silverton: questions
What is the median household income in Silverton?
$77,546 (±$38,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silverton?
22.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silverton?
14 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silverton work?
43% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durango (9%, 40 mi), Farmington (4%, 78 mi), Colorado Springs (2%, 174 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Silverton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Silverton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silverton
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.