Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Snyder has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
2 jobs are based in Snyder, against 65 working residents. Hardly any work in Snyder; the top destination outside it is Fort Morgan (17%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 21% across Colorado.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Snyder
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Snyder on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Where the trip to work from Snyder ends
Where Snyder clocks in
17% of workers
11% 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.
50% of the jobs in Snyder make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snyder, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 2. 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 Snyder’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Snyder
of Snyder workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 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.
How far it is to work from Snyder
About 62% 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 Snyder: questions
What is the poverty rate in Snyder?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Snyder work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Morgan (17%, 12 mi), Denver (11%, 79 mi), Greeley (6%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Snyder 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 Snyder, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snyder
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.