Work & commute · Arboles

Work & commute in Arboles, CO

Most working residents leave Arboles for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pagosa Springs (32%), Durango (9%) and Ignacio (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 99 Arboles residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arboles.

99live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arboles goes to work

Pagosa Springs28.5 mi away

32%32

Durango30.1 mi away

9%9

Ignacio13.7 mi away

5%5

Denver234.1 mi away

3%3

Cortez67.5 mi away

2%2

Farmington, NM45.8 mi away

2%2

Hotchkiss123.9 mi away

1%1

Ouray70.9 mi away

1%1

Telluride67.1 mi away

1%1

Monte Vista79.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%43

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

How far

How far Arboles commutes

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

34%

39%

24%

3%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arboles is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arboles are

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

Jobs based in Arboles

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Arboles residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+67%

Jobs based in Arboles, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 10. 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.