Work & commute · Ignacio

Work & commute in Ignacio, CO

Most working residents leave Ignacio for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Durango (25%), Bayfield (6%) and Farmington (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 239 Ignacio residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ignacio.

239live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ignacio goes to work

Durango16.5 mi away

25%64

Ignacio (in town)right here

8%20

Bayfield8.4 mi away

6%16

Farmington, NM39.1 mi away

4%10

Colorado Springs197.8 mi away

2%4

Cortez54.1 mi away

1%3

Denver235.8 mi away

1%3

Pagosa Springs36.3 mi away

1%2

Steamboat Springs236.1 mi away

1%2

Littleton222 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%133

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

How far

How far Ignacio commutes

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

43%

31%

19%

43%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ignacio is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ignacio are

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

Jobs based in Ignacio

337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Ignacio residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−2%

Jobs based in Ignacio, 2013 → 2023: 344 → 337. 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.