Work & commute · Aguilar

Work & commute in Aguilar, CO

Most working residents leave Aguilar for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Trinidad (46%), Colorado Springs (7%) and Pueblo (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 164 Aguilar residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aguilar.

164live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aguilar goes to work

Trinidad18.3 mi away

46%78

Colorado Springs101.3 mi away

7%12

Pueblo59.9 mi away

6%11

Aguilar (in town)right here

4%6

Denver163.4 mi away

4%6

Fountain88.8 mi away

2%3

Valdez19.2 mi away

2%3

Rocky Ford67.8 mi away

1%2

Walsenburg17.2 mi away

1%2

La Junta72.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%45

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Aguilar commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

57%

36%

6%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aguilar is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Aguilar are

70 jobs are based in Aguilar. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aguilar’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aguilar

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Aguilar residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−1%

Jobs based in Aguilar, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 70. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.