Work & commute · Coal Creek

Work & commute in Coal Creek, CO

Most working residents leave Coal Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cañon City (18%), Denver (9%) and Florence (8%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 149 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 148 Coal Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coal Creek.

148live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coal Creek goes to work

Cañon City7 mi away

18%27

Denver97.7 mi away

9%13

Florence2.6 mi away

8%12

Pueblo29.5 mi away

7%11

Colorado Springs40.5 mi away

4%6

Penrose8.7 mi away

3%4

Greenwood Village87.5 mi away

2%3

Centennial86.2 mi away

2%3

Aurora95.8 mi away

2%3

Inverness85.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%64

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

How far

How far Coal Creek commutes

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

40%

14%

44%

40%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coal Creek is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coal Creek are

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

Jobs based in Coal Creek

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Coal Creek residents hold

149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+1025%

Jobs based in Coal Creek, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 45. 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.