Work & commute · Gypsum

Work & commute in Gypsum, CO

Most working residents leave Gypsum for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Eagle (18%), Vail (9%) and Avon (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

555 of 2,923 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,368 Gypsum residents head out of town to work, 555 work right here, and 1,633 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gypsum.

2,368live here, work elsewhere

555live and work here

1,633work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gypsum goes to work

Gypsum (in town)right here

19%555

Eagle7.4 mi away

18%529

Vail31.6 mi away

9%265

Avon23.5 mi away

7%207

Edwards17.9 mi away

6%164

Denver110.8 mi away

5%132

Colorado Springs128.5 mi away

2%45

Breckenridge49.3 mi away

1%43

Glenwood Springs21.2 mi away

1%39

Grand Junction93.6 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%909

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

How far

How far Gypsum commutes

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

40%

21%

16%

23%

40%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gypsum is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gypsum are

2,188 jobs are based in Gypsum. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gypsum’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gypsum

2,188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Gypsum residents hold

2,923 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+66%

Jobs based in Gypsum, 2013 → 2023: 1,317 → 2,188. 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.