Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Most of Southern Ute commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Southern Ute; the top destination outside it is Durango (28%, 20 miles). Southern Ute has 6 jobs, and 58 of its residents work somewhere. For 44% of workers, the job is at home (Colorado 21%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Southern Ute for work, and who comes in
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15 people are in Southern Ute on a workday afternoon, 78% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Southern Ute’s working residents head each day
Where Southern Ute clocks in
28% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
In Southern Ute, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Southern Ute, 2014 → 2024: 29 → 6. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southern Ute’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Southern Ute
of Southern Ute workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 commuters (the 43% 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.
Where in the region Southern Ute works
About 18% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Southern Ute: questions
What is the poverty rate in Southern Ute?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Southern Ute work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durango (28%, 20 mi), Bayfield (3%, 11 mi), Pagosa Springs (3%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Southern Ute without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Southern Ute, from the people who make the trip.
More of Southern Ute
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.