Work & commute · Alamosa

Work & commute in Alamosa, CO

45% of Alamosa’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Denver (4%), Monte Vista (3%) and Colorado Springs (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

1,626 of 3,580 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,954 Alamosa residents head out of town to work, 1,626 work right here, and 3,644 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alamosa.

1,954live here, work elsewhere

1,626live and work here

3,644work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alamosa goes to work

Alamosa (in town)right here

45%1,626

Denver166.9 mi away

4%150

Monte Vista16.6 mi away

3%123

Colorado Springs113.7 mi away

3%117

Pueblo88.2 mi away

3%97

Alamosa East2 mi away

2%81

Center23.1 mi away

1%38

Aurora166.6 mi away

1%36

Antonito28.5 mi away

1%35

La Jara14.6 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,246

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

How far

How far Alamosa commutes

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

53%

11%

31%

53%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alamosa is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alamosa are

5,270 jobs are based in Alamosa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alamosa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alamosa

5,270 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Alamosa residents hold

3,580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+15%

Jobs based in Alamosa, 2013 → 2023: 4,580 → 5,270. 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.