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Work & commute in El Jebel, CO

Most working residents leave El Jebel for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Aspen (28%), Basalt (12%) and Snowmass Village (11%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
95 of 2,165 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 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 2,070 El Jebel residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Jebel.

2,070live here, work elsewhere
95live and work here
540work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where El Jebel goes to work

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1
Aspen20.1 mi away
28%602
2
Basalt3.6 mi away
12%257
3
Snowmass Village15.4 mi away
11%241
4
Glenwood Springs16.4 mi away
5%105
5
El Jebel (in town)right here
4%95
6
Denver120.4 mi away
4%81
7
Carbondale6.5 mi away
4%80
8
Colorado Springs130.5 mi away
2%35
9
Grand Junction81.8 mi away
1%31
10
Vail42.1 mi away
1%26
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%612

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

How far

How far El Jebel commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
51%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

El Jebel is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Jebel are

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

Jobs based in El Jebel

635 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs El Jebel residents hold

2,165 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+5%

Jobs based in El Jebel, 2013 → 2023: 603 → 635. 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.

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