Work & commute · Cañon

Work & commute in Cañon, CO

About one in 3 of Cañon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (11%), Denver (6%) and Pueblo (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

2,390 of 6,806 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,416 Cañon residents head out of town to work, 2,390 work right here, and 4,529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cañon.

4,416live here, work elsewhere

2,390live and work here

4,529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cañon goes to work

Cañon City (in town)right here

35%2,390

Colorado Springs38.5 mi away

11%759

Denver93 mi away

6%437

Pueblo35.1 mi away

6%432

Florence7.8 mi away

2%142

Aurora91.6 mi away

2%129

Lakewood87 mi away

2%105

Lincoln Park1.2 mi away

1%86

Centennial81.7 mi away

1%77

Greenwood Village82.8 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,182

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

How far

How far Cañon commutes

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

44%

22%

30%

44%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cañon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cañon are

6,919 jobs are based in Cañon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cañon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cañon

6,919 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Cañon residents hold

6,806 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+19%

Jobs based in Cañon, 2013 → 2023: 5,828 → 6,919. 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.