Work & commute · Cheraw

Work & commute in Cheraw, CO

Most working residents leave Cheraw for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are La Junta (23%), Colorado Springs (13%) and Denver (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 103 Cheraw residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cheraw.

103live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cheraw goes to work

La Junta9.1 mi away

23%24

Colorado Springs85.6 mi away

13%14

Denver136 mi away

5%5

Rocky Ford12.2 mi away

3%3

Fountain75 mi away

3%3

Cheraw (in town)right here

2%2

Swink9.1 mi away

2%2

Aurora128.4 mi away

2%2

Pueblo60.8 mi away

2%2

North La Junta7.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%46

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

How far

How far Cheraw commutes

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

45%

47%

45%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cheraw is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cheraw are

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

Jobs based in Cheraw

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Cheraw residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+433%

Jobs based in Cheraw, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 48. 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.