Photo: Don O'Brien from Piketon, Ohio, United States · CC BY 2.0More than half of Valmont’s working residents commute to Boulder
0% of workers have no commute at all; Colorado has 21%. Employers in Valmont report 120 jobs, against 21 working residents. Below the poverty line: 11.1% of residents, against 9.4% across Colorado.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Valmont
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Valmont on a workday afternoon, 367% more than live here.
5.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 Valmont’s workers come from
Where Valmont clocks in
52% of workers
10% 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.
Valmont makes things: 43% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valmont, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 120. 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 Valmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Valmont
of Valmont workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 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.
Half of Valmont commutes less than 4 miles
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.
52% of Valmont works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Boulder. Darker towns draw more of Valmont’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Valmont: questions
What is the median household income in Valmont?
$75,357 (±$64,268) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valmont?
11.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Valmont work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Valmont 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 Valmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valmont
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.