Work & commute · Eaton

Work & commute in Eaton, CO

Most working residents leave Eaton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Greeley (22%), Fort Collins (9%) and Denver (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

257 of 2,721 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,464 Eaton residents head out of town to work, 257 work right here, and 1,191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eaton.

2,464live here, work elsewhere

257live and work here

1,191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eaton goes to work

Greeley8.3 mi away

22%588

Eaton (in town)right here

9%257

Fort Collins18.6 mi away

9%242

Denver53.5 mi away

6%160

Loveland19.9 mi away

4%112

Windsor11.1 mi away

4%108

Aurora56.4 mi away

2%67

Evans12.3 mi away

2%56

Colorado Springs114.6 mi away

2%54

Johnstown18.3 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,043

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

How far

How far Eaton commutes

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

41%

28%

10%

21%

41%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eaton is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eaton are

1,448 jobs are based in Eaton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eaton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eaton

1,448 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Eaton residents hold

2,721 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+19%

Jobs based in Eaton, 2013 → 2023: 1,218 → 1,448. 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.