Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Stratton
Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 21% across Colorado. About one in ten work in Stratton; the top destination outside it is Flagler (11%, 25 miles). Working residents average 22 minutes each way; Colorado averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Stratton apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
46% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Stratton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stratton is Flagler, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (28) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Stratton workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 250 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Stratton goes to work
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.
About 22 minutes to work from Stratton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stratton workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 333 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who leaves Stratton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 225 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Stratton on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
The towns that employ Stratton’s residents
Where Stratton clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
Inside Stratton’s 172 jobs
172 jobs are based in Stratton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stratton, 2013 → 2023: 224 → 172. 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 Stratton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Stratton: questions
What is the median household income in Stratton?
$61,583 (±$14,155) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stratton?
3.9%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stratton?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stratton work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flagler (11%, 25 mi), Burlington (11%, 18 mi), Denver (4%, 125 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stratton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stratton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stratton
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.