Work & commute · Buena Vista

Work & commute in Buena Vista, CO

About one in 3 of Buena Vista’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Salida (9%), Denver (8%) and Colorado Springs (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

339 of 1,125 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 786 Buena Vista residents head out of town to work, 339 work right here, and 1,450 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buena Vista.

786live here, work elsewhere

339live and work here

1,450work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buena Vista goes to work

Buena Vista (in town)right here

30%339

Salida22.1 mi away

9%105

Denver93.2 mi away

8%88

Colorado Springs74.3 mi away

4%43

Aurora97.3 mi away

2%22

Breckenridge46.6 mi away

1%16

Lakewood81.2 mi away

1%15

Greenwood Village85.3 mi away

1%14

Pueblo91.3 mi away

1%12

Johnson Village2.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%461

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

How far

How far Buena Vista commutes

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

41%

14%

40%

41%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buena Vista is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buena Vista are

1,789 jobs are based in Buena Vista. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buena Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buena Vista

1,789 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Buena Vista residents hold

1,125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+25%

Jobs based in Buena Vista, 2013 → 2023: 1,426 → 1,789. 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.