Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Earning a living in Stonewall Gap
Stonewall Gap has 18 jobs; 28 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 21% across Colorado. Hardly any work in Stonewall Gap itself; outside it, Trinidad draws the most (36%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Stonewall Gap by day
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35 people are in Stonewall Gap on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Stonewall Gap ends
Where Stonewall Gap clocks in
36% of workers
18% of workers
7% 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.
Most jobs in Stonewall Gap are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stonewall Gap, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 18. 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 Stonewall Gap’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Stonewall Gap
of Stonewall Gap workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Stonewall Gap
About 46% 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 Stonewall Gap: questions
What is the median household income in Stonewall Gap?
$25,583 (±$16,261) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stonewall Gap?
22.2%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Stonewall Gap work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trinidad (36%, 30 mi), Colorado Springs (18%, 119 mi), Aurora (7%, 177 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stonewall Gap 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 Stonewall Gap, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stonewall Gap
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.