Work & commute · Blanca

Work & commute in Blanca, CO

Most working residents leave Blanca for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Garland (10%), Alamosa (7%) and Colorado Springs (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

10 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 92 Blanca residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blanca.

92live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blanca goes to work

Blanca (in town)right here

10%10

Fort Garland4.4 mi away

10%10

Alamosa20.1 mi away

7%7

Colorado Springs106.8 mi away

5%5

Pueblo75.6 mi away

4%4

San Luis17.1 mi away

3%3

Denver164.1 mi away

3%3

Taos, NM72.8 mi away

3%3

Lakewood157.6 mi away

2%2

Aurora162.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%53

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

How far

How far Blanca commutes

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

37%

15%

44%

37%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blanca is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blanca are

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

Jobs based in Blanca

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Blanca residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−62%

Jobs based in Blanca, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 76. 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.