Work & commute · Del Norte

Work & commute in Del Norte, CO

About one in 5 of Del Norte’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Alamosa (9%), Monte Vista (8%) and Denver (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

142 of 714 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 572 Del Norte residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Del Norte.

572live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Del Norte goes to work

Del Norte (in town)right here

20%142

Alamosa29.6 mi away

9%65

Monte Vista13.1 mi away

8%56

Denver164.4 mi away

4%26

Pagosa Springs45.7 mi away

3%24

Center14.2 mi away

3%22

Colorado Springs119.2 mi away

2%17

South Fork15.9 mi away

2%11

City of Creede33.4 mi away

1%10

Lakewood154.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%332

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

How far

How far Del Norte commutes

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

28%

23%

18%

31%

28%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Del Norte is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Del Norte are

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

Jobs based in Del Norte

524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Del Norte residents hold

714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+12%

Jobs based in Del Norte, 2013 → 2023: 467 → 524. 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.