Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0More than half of Stratmoor’s working residents commute to Colorado Springs
Jobs & income C+: better than 43% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #117 of 159 in Colorado.
Walkability A: more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns · #37 of 159 in Colorado.
Household incomes here are lower than in 66% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Colorado 25, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Stratmoor; the top destination outside it is Colorado Springs (58%, 7 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 7.5 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 2.9 in Colorado Springs (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Stratmoor, in brief
Much of Stratmoor works one town over
62% of working residents work in a town that borders Stratmoor: Colorado Springs (58%), Fountain (3%) and Security-Widefield (1%). Next door ↓
Stratmoor makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Stratmoor are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stratmoor residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Stratmoor are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 25 across Colorado. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Colorado worker, and quicker than any town next door (23 to 27 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Stratmoor’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stratmoor is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #117 of 159 in Colorado. Job access by car holds Stratmoor’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stratmoor could be anywhere from C− to A.
Stratmoor makes things: 44% of its jobs are in goods
674 jobs are based in Stratmoor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stratmoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stratmoor, 2013 → 2023: 644 → 674. 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Colorado
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stratmoor workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,693 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Stratmoor quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,167 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 662 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Stratmoor on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.31 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.
58% of working residents work in Colorado Springs
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Stratmoor clocks in
58% of workers
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Stratmoor commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 27% 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.
Stratmoor is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stratmoor is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #37 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Stratmoor near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,857 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 85% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 34% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.5% of Stratmoor households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Stratmoor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stratmoor is 2,167th of 3,541 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Stratmoor, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Todd Creek CO | 5,379 | $194K | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Mead CO | 7,042 | $125K | 1.4% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 205 | Cherry Hills Village CO | 6,389 | $250K | 2.3% | 4.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,165 | Purcell OK | 7,030 | $63K | 14.0% | 4.0% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,166 | Bedford Township PA | 5,088 | $61K | 1.9% | 5.9% | 29% | C+ |
| 2,167 | Stratmoor CO | 5,412 | $65K | 10.6% | 5.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,168 | Ely NV | 3,946 | $78K | 7.6% | 3.9% | 61% | C+ |
| 2,169 | Hamilton NY | 4,078 | $67K | 13.0% | 2.4% | 48% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
62% of Stratmoor works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Colorado Springs (58%). Darker towns draw more of Stratmoor’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stratmoor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratmoor | – | C+ | A | 20 min | $65,000 |
| Colorado Springs | 58% | B | A− | 23 min | $84,818 |
| Fountain | 3% | B− | B− | 27 min | $86,242 |
| Security-Widefield | 1% | B | B | 23 min | $91,142 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Stratmoor: questions
What is the median household income in Stratmoor?
$65,000 (±$12,840) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stratmoor?
10.6%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stratmoor?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stratmoor work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colorado Springs (58%, 7 mi), Denver (7%, 69 mi), Aurora (3%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stratmoor walkable?
Stratmoor is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stratmoor without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 34% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stratmoor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stratmoor
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.