Work & commute · Dove Creek

Work & commute in Dove Creek, CO

About one in 3 of Dove Creek’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Denver (6%), Cortez (5%) and Monticello (5%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

63 of 221 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 158 Dove Creek residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dove Creek.

158live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dove Creek goes to work

Dove Creek (in town)right here

29%63

Denver257 mi away

6%13

Cortez34 mi away

5%12

Monticello, UT24.4 mi away

5%11

Telluride60.6 mi away

5%10

Mountain Village58.4 mi away

4%9

Rico48.1 mi away

4%8

Durango66.4 mi away

2%5

Dolores30.1 mi away

1%3

Grand Junction93.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%84

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

How far

How far Dove Creek commutes

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

32%

19%

43%

32%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dove Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dove Creek are

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

Jobs based in Dove Creek

314 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Dove Creek residents hold

221 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+22%

Jobs based in Dove Creek, 2013 → 2023: 257 → 314. 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.