Work & commute · Fruitvale

Work & commute in Fruitvale, CO

Most working residents leave Fruitvale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Junction (65%), Clifton (3%) and Denver (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 3,418 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,351 Fruitvale residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 784 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fruitvale.

3,351live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

784work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fruitvale goes to work

Grand Junction4.8 mi away

65%2,220

Clifton1.5 mi away

3%112

Denver197.5 mi away

3%109

Fruita14.1 mi away

2%83

Fruitvale (in town)right here

2%67

Palisade6.6 mi away

1%43

Montrose54.6 mi away

1%28

Colorado Springs200.3 mi away

1%25

Aurora205.1 mi away

1%24

Glenwood Springs68.3 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%686

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

How far

How far Fruitvale commutes

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

74%

19%

74%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fruitvale is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fruitvale are

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

Jobs based in Fruitvale

851 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Fruitvale residents hold

3,418 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+41%

Jobs based in Fruitvale, 2013 → 2023: 602 → 851. 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.