Work & commute · Battlement Mesa

Work & commute in Battlement Mesa, CO

Most working residents leave Battlement Mesa for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Glenwood Springs (12%), Rifle (12%) and Grand Junction (9%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

100 of 2,161 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 2,061 Battlement Mesa residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Battlement Mesa.

2,061live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Battlement Mesa goes to work

Glenwood Springs35.8 mi away

12%264

Rifle13.8 mi away

12%253

Grand Junction39.2 mi away

9%185

Parachute2.8 mi away

7%160

Denver167.6 mi away

6%120

Battlement Mesa (in town)right here

5%100

Silt19.8 mi away

2%43

Carbondale42.3 mi away

2%42

New Castle26.8 mi away

2%40

Aspen64.9 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%926

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

How far

How far Battlement Mesa commutes

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

16%

18%

32%

34%

16%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Battlement Mesa is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Battlement Mesa are

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

Jobs based in Battlement Mesa

307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Battlement Mesa residents hold

2,161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−46%

Jobs based in Battlement Mesa, 2013 → 2023: 566 → 307. 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.