Work & commute · Grand Junction

Work & commute in Grand Junction, CO

67% of Grand Junction’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Denver (3%), Fruita (2%) and Clifton (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67%

18,103 of 27,222 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,119 Grand Junction residents head out of town to work, 18,103 work right here, and 31,330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Junction.

9,119live here, work elsewhere

18,103live and work here

31,330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Junction goes to work

Grand Junction (in town)right here

67%18,103

Denver202.1 mi away

3%880

Fruita9.8 mi away

2%678

Clifton5.8 mi away

2%505

Fruitvale4.8 mi away

1%251

Montrose57.4 mi away

1%249

Delta34.5 mi away

1%208

Colorado Springs205 mi away

1%207

Aurora209.8 mi away

1%195

Redlands4.7 mi away

1%195

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%5,751

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

How far

How far Grand Junction commutes

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

74%

21%

74%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Junction is a job hub

1.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Junction are

49,433 jobs are based in Grand Junction. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grand Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grand Junction

49,433 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Grand Junction residents hold

27,222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+17%

Jobs based in Grand Junction, 2013 → 2023: 42,273 → 49,433. 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.