Work & commute · Fairplay

Work & commute in Fairplay, CO

Most working residents leave Fairplay for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Breckenridge (23%), Denver (7%) and Frisco (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

40 of 274 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 234 Fairplay residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 576 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairplay.

234live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

576work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairplay goes to work

Breckenridge19.2 mi away

23%62

Fairplay (in town)right here

15%40

Denver70.2 mi away

7%18

Frisco25 mi away

4%12

Colorado Springs70.8 mi away

4%11

Alma5.7 mi away

3%8

Aurora76 mi away

2%6

Keystone26.7 mi away

2%5

Winter Park46.7 mi away

1%4

Westminster67.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%104

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

How far

How far Fairplay commutes

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

24%

29%

12%

35%

24%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairplay is a job hub

2.25jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairplay are

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

Jobs based in Fairplay

616 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fairplay residents hold

274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+26%

Jobs based in Fairplay, 2013 → 2023: 488 → 616. 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.