Work & commute · Fort Carson

Work & commute in Fort Carson, CO

Most working residents leave Fort Carson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (18%), Denver (17%) and Aurora (9%). Half commute less than 65 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 2,800 working residents

Typical commute

65 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,744 Fort Carson residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 2,175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Carson.

2,744live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

2,175work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Carson goes to work

Colorado Springs12.4 mi away

18%502

Denver74.6 mi away

17%466

Aurora70.6 mi away

9%253

Centennial62.7 mi away

4%112

Lakewood72.6 mi away

3%83

Greenwood Village64.7 mi away

3%76

Fountain3.7 mi away

2%65

Pueblo29.8 mi away

2%64

Fort Carson (in town)right here

2%56

Boulder96.2 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,070

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

How far

How far Fort Carson commutes

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

16%

71%

16%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

71%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Carson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Carson are

2,231 jobs are based in Fort Carson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Carson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Carson

2,231 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Fort Carson residents hold

2,800 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+57%

Jobs based in Fort Carson, 2013 → 2023: 1,424 → 2,231. 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.