Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of St. Mary's works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 18% of workers, against 21% across Colorado. 71 jobs are based in St. Mary's, against 181 working residents. Hardly any work in St. Mary's itself; outside it, Denver draws the most (20%, 41 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of St. Mary's, and who commutes in
On a workday 181 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in St. Mary's 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places St. Mary's commutes to
Where St. Mary's clocks in
20% of workers
5% 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.
69% of the jobs in St. Mary's pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Mary's, 2014 → 2024: 48 → 71. 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 St. Mary's’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in St. Mary's
of St. Mary's workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 18% 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 St. Mary's goes to work
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 St. Mary's: questions
What is the median household income in St. Mary's?
$25,357 (±$23,637) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Mary's?
54.4%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in St. Mary's work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (20%, 41 mi), Lakewood (8%, 29 mi), Georgetown (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around St. Mary's without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Mary's, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Mary's
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.