Work & commute · Basalt

Work & commute in Basalt, CO

Most working residents leave Basalt for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Aspen (26%), Snowmass Village (10%) and Denver (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

268 of 2,285 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,017 Basalt residents head out of town to work, 268 work right here, and 2,144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Basalt.

2,017live here, work elsewhere

268live and work here

2,144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Basalt goes to work

Aspen16.5 mi away

26%593

Basalt (in town)right here

12%268

Snowmass Village11.9 mi away

10%234

Denver118.6 mi away

5%117

Glenwood Springs19.9 mi away

5%109

Carbondale9.1 mi away

4%100

El Jebel3.6 mi away

3%70

Vail41 mi away

1%31

Colorado Springs127.4 mi away

1%29

Avon34.1 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%707

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

How far

How far Basalt commutes

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

22%

51%

21%

22%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Basalt is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Basalt are

2,412 jobs are based in Basalt. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Basalt’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Basalt

2,412 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Basalt residents hold

2,285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+47%

Jobs based in Basalt, 2013 → 2023: 1,643 → 2,412. 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.