Work & commute · Crested Butte

Work & commute in Crested Butte, CO

About one in 3 of Crested Butte’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mount Crested Butte (12%), Gunnison (5%) and Denver (5%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

192 of 627 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 435 Crested Butte residents head out of town to work, 192 work right here, and 1,458 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crested Butte.

435live here, work elsewhere

192live and work here

1,458work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crested Butte goes to work

Crested Butte (in town)right here

31%192

Mount Crested Butte2.9 mi away

12%78

Gunnison22.3 mi away

5%32

Denver127.9 mi away

5%29

Avon58.9 mi away

3%17

Breckenridge66.4 mi away

2%11

Colorado Springs119.2 mi away

2%10

Fort Collins154.3 mi away

2%10

Keystone75.7 mi away

1%9

Vail62.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%232

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

How far

How far Crested Butte commutes

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

60%

34%

60%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crested Butte is a job hub

2.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crested Butte are

1,650 jobs are based in Crested Butte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crested Butte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crested Butte

1,650 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Crested Butte residents hold

627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+68%

Jobs based in Crested Butte, 2013 → 2023: 981 → 1,650. 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.