Work & commute · Hotchkiss

Work & commute in Hotchkiss, CO

Most working residents leave Hotchkiss for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Delta (9%), Grand Junction (7%) and Paonia (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

35 of 275 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 240 Hotchkiss residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hotchkiss.

240live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hotchkiss goes to work

Hotchkiss (in town)right here

13%35

Delta20.4 mi away

9%25

Grand Junction50.1 mi away

7%20

Paonia8.2 mi away

5%13

Montrose24.1 mi away

4%10

Denver165.4 mi away

3%9

Colorado Springs159 mi away

2%6

Aurora172 mi away

1%4

Telluride59.6 mi away

1%3

Gunnison45.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%147

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

How far

How far Hotchkiss commutes

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

30%

32%

29%

30%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hotchkiss is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hotchkiss are

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

Jobs based in Hotchkiss

402 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Hotchkiss residents hold

275 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+21%

Jobs based in Hotchkiss, 2013 → 2023: 333 → 402. 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.