Work & commute · Gerrard

Work & commute in Gerrard, CO

Most working residents leave Gerrard for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are South Fork (11%), Del Norte (9%) and Pagosa Springs (9%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 65 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 64 Gerrard residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gerrard.

64live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gerrard goes to work

South Fork3.8 mi away

11%7

Del Norte12.2 mi away

9%6

Pagosa Springs37.1 mi away

9%6

Alamosa40.7 mi away

3%2

Colorado Springs128.2 mi away

3%2

Phoenix, AZ419.9 mi away

2%1

Romeo47.7 mi away

2%1

La Jara43.8 mi away

2%1

City of Creede22.4 mi away

2%1

Fairplay111.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%37

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

How far

How far Gerrard commutes

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

20%

23%

25%

31%

20%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gerrard is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gerrard are

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

Jobs based in Gerrard

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Gerrard residents hold

65 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−48%

Jobs based in Gerrard, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 17. 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.