Work & commute · Blende

Work & commute in Blende, CO

Most working residents leave Blende for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pueblo (53%), Colorado Springs (8%) and Denver (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 327 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 316 Blende residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 783 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blende.

316live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

783work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blende goes to work

Pueblo2.6 mi away

53%172

Colorado Springs43.9 mi away

8%27

Blende (in town)right here

3%11

Denver105.8 mi away

3%10

Pueblo West12.6 mi away

2%8

Aurora101.2 mi away

2%5

Commerce City113.5 mi away

1%3

Centennial94 mi away

1%3

Longmont135.6 mi away

1%3

Highlands Ranch91.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%82

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

How far

How far Blende commutes

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

68%

11%

17%

68%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blende is a job hub

2.43jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Blende are

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

Jobs based in Blende

794 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Blende residents hold

327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+66%

Jobs based in Blende, 2013 → 2023: 478 → 794. 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.