Work & commute · Collbran

Work & commute in Collbran, CO

Most working residents leave Collbran for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Junction (21%), Denver (8%) and De Beque (7%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 95 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 88 Collbran residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Collbran.

88live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Collbran goes to work

Grand Junction34 mi away

21%20

Denver168.2 mi away

8%8

Collbran (in town)right here

7%7

De Beque13.8 mi away

7%7

Palisade23 mi away

4%4

Fort Collins178.3 mi away

3%3

Basalt49.7 mi away

2%2

Parachute15.1 mi away

2%2

Glenwood Springs39.3 mi away

2%2

Fruita41.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%38

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

How far

How far Collbran commutes

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

11%

20%

35%

11%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Collbran is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Collbran are

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

Jobs based in Collbran

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Collbran residents hold

95 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+28%

Jobs based in Collbran, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 91. 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.