Work & commute · Fruita

Work & commute in Fruita, CO

Most working residents leave Fruita for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Junction (57%), Denver (3%) and Clifton (1%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

891 of 5,847 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,956 Fruita residents head out of town to work, 891 work right here, and 2,062 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fruita.

4,956live here, work elsewhere

891live and work here

2,062work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fruita goes to work

Grand Junction9.8 mi away

57%3,328

Fruita (in town)right here

15%891

Denver209.5 mi away

3%175

Clifton15.4 mi away

1%82

Montrose66.7 mi away

1%56

Colorado Springs214 mi away

1%45

Aurora217.3 mi away

1%40

Commerce City215.6 mi away

1%37

Fruitvale14.1 mi away

1%33

Redlands6.3 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%1,127

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

How far

How far Fruita commutes

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

42%

36%

20%

42%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fruita is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fruita are

2,953 jobs are based in Fruita. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fruita’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fruita

2,953 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Fruita residents hold

5,847 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+38%

Jobs based in Fruita, 2013 → 2023: 2,139 → 2,953. 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.