Work & commute · Divide

Work & commute in Divide, CO

Most working residents leave Divide for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (27%), Woodland Park (16%) and Denver (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 46 Divide residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Divide.

46live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Divide goes to work

Colorado Springs22.2 mi away

27%13

Woodland Park6.6 mi away

16%8

Denver58.4 mi away

10%5

Divide (in town)right here

6%3

Cripple Creek13.8 mi away

4%2

Victor16.4 mi away

2%1

Manitou Springs14.7 mi away

2%1

Englewood49.3 mi away

2%1

Northglenn67.5 mi away

2%1

Alamosa108.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%13

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

How far

How far Divide commutes

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

27%

39%

10%

24%

27%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Divide is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Divide are

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

Jobs based in Divide

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Divide residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+395%

Jobs based in Divide, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 94. 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.