Somerset has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
5 jobs are based in Somerset for 33 working residents. Hardly any stay in Somerset for work; outside it, Gunnison is the main destination (15%, 39 miles). For 100% of workers, the job is at home (Colorado 21%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Somerset
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51 people are in Somerset on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Somerset ends
Where Somerset clocks in
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.
A place that makes things: 60% of Somerset’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Somerset, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 5. 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 Somerset’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Somerset
of Somerset workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Somerset
About 33% 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 Somerset: questions
What is the poverty rate in Somerset?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Somerset work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gunnison (15%, 39 mi), Carbondale (6%, 35 mi), Breckenridge (6%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Somerset, from the people who make the trip.
More of Somerset
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.