Work & commute · Gunnison

Work & commute in Gunnison, CO

42% of Gunnison’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Crested Butte (8%), Denver (4%) and Mount Crested Butte (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

1,413 of 3,376 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,963 Gunnison residents head out of town to work, 1,413 work right here, and 2,024 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gunnison.

1,963live here, work elsewhere

1,413live and work here

2,024work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gunnison goes to work

Gunnison (in town)right here

42%1,413

Crested Butte22.3 mi away

8%277

Denver137.9 mi away

4%125

Mount Crested Butte25 mi away

3%107

Avon78.7 mi away

2%81

Grand Junction96 mi away

2%71

Breckenridge81 mi away

2%62

Colorado Springs118.7 mi away

1%46

Montrose50.8 mi away

1%38

Keystone90.5 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,120

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

How far

How far Gunnison commutes

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

47%

15%

35%

47%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gunnison is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gunnison are

3,437 jobs are based in Gunnison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gunnison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gunnison

3,437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Gunnison residents hold

3,376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+33%

Jobs based in Gunnison, 2013 → 2023: 2,580 → 3,437. 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.