Work & commute · Idalia

Work & commute in Idalia, CO

Most working residents leave Idalia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wray (53%), Sterling (8%) and Greeley (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 36 Idalia residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Idalia.

36live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Idalia goes to work

Wray26.3 mi away

53%19

Sterling79.2 mi away

8%3

Greeley139.9 mi away

6%2

Yuma36.6 mi away

3%1

Vail216.4 mi away

3%1

Brighton133.9 mi away

3%1

Loveland154.5 mi away

3%1

Lakewood150.1 mi away

3%1

Westminster147.4 mi away

3%1

Meridian136.6 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%5

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

How far

How far Idalia commutes

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

58%

36%

0%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

58%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Idalia is a job hub

1.78jobs 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 Idalia are

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

Jobs based in Idalia

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Idalia residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+220%

Jobs based in Idalia, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 64. 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.