Work & commute · Edwards

Work & commute in Edwards, CO

Most working residents leave Edwards for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Vail (15%), Avon (14%) and Eagle (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

818 of 4,658 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 3,840 Edwards residents head out of town to work, 818 work right here, and 2,470 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edwards.

3,840live here, work elsewhere

818live and work here

2,470work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edwards goes to work

Edwards (in town)right here

18%818

Vail13.8 mi away

15%685

Avon5.9 mi away

14%666

Eagle10.9 mi away

6%299

Denver93 mi away

5%249

Breckenridge31.7 mi away

2%73

Gypsum17.9 mi away

1%65

Colorado Springs112 mi away

1%62

Aurora101.2 mi away

1%60

Minturn13.7 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,635

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

How far

How far Edwards commutes

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

47%

21%

25%

47%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edwards is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edwards are

3,288 jobs are based in Edwards. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edwards’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edwards

3,288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Edwards residents hold

4,658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+28%

Jobs based in Edwards, 2013 → 2023: 2,570 → 3,288. 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.