Work & commute · Guffey

Work & commute in Guffey, CO

Most working residents leave Guffey for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (12%), Denver (12%) and Salida (6%). Half commute less than 58 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 34 working residents

Typical commute

58 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 32 Guffey residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guffey.

32live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guffey goes to work

Colorado Springs41 mi away

12%4

Denver76.9 mi away

12%4

Salida30.8 mi away

6%2

Breckenridge58.5 mi away

6%2

Pueblo59.3 mi away

6%2

Guffey (in town)right here

6%2

Campbell, CA899.6 mi away

3%1

Victor20.2 mi away

3%1

La Junta119.2 mi away

3%1

Woodland Park29.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%14

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

How far

How far Guffey commutes

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

24%

62%

6%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

62%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guffey is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Guffey are

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

Jobs based in Guffey

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Guffey residents hold

34 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+275%

Jobs based in Guffey, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 30. 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.