Work & commute · Granada

Work & commute in Granada, CO

Most working residents leave Granada for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lamar (38%), Denver (6%) and Wiley (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 165 Granada residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granada.

165live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Granada goes to work

Lamar16.5 mi away

38%65

Denver181.3 mi away

6%10

Wiley23 mi away

3%5

Granada (in town)right here

3%5

Aurora172.4 mi away

3%5

Pueblo125.7 mi away

3%5

La Junta67.5 mi away

2%4

Colorado Springs143.7 mi away

2%3

Holly10.2 mi away

1%2

Commerce City183.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%64

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

How far

How far Granada commutes

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

50%

41%

5%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Granada is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Granada are

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

Jobs based in Granada

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Granada residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−31%

Jobs based in Granada, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 69. 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.