Work & commute · Crestone

Work & commute in Crestone, CO

Most working residents leave Crestone for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Moffat (13%), Saguache (6%) and Center (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 31 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

45%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31 Crestone residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crestone.

31live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crestone goes to work

Moffat11.7 mi away

13%4

Saguache25 mi away

6%2

Center28.1 mi away

6%2

Colorado Springs78.7 mi away

6%2

Denver129.7 mi away

6%2

Salida40.5 mi away

3%1

Gunnison76.8 mi away

3%1

Aurora129.6 mi away

3%1

Farmington, NM161.1 mi away

3%1

Santa Fe, NM161.9 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%14

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

How far

How far Crestone commutes

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

13%

32%

16%

39%

13%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crestone is a job hub

2.42jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crestone are

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

Jobs based in Crestone

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Crestone residents hold

31 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+2400%

Jobs based in Crestone, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 75. 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.