Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Work and commuting in Two Buttes
The Census job records count 15 working residents of Two Buttes and no jobs based in it. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Colorado as a whole has 21%. Hardly any work in Two Buttes; the top destination outside it is Springfield (27%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Two Buttes quiets down on a workday
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15 people are in Two Buttes on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Commuting out of Two Buttes: the destinations
Where Two Buttes clocks in
27% of workers
13% of workers
13% 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.
Working from home in Two Buttes
of Two Buttes workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 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.
How far Two Buttes goes to work
About 40% 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 Two Buttes: questions
What is the median household income in Two Buttes?
$25,000 (±$22,791) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Two Buttes?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Two Buttes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (27%, 16 mi), Campo (13%, 33 mi), Walsh (13%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Two Buttes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Two Buttes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Two Buttes
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.