Work & commute · Kit Carson

Work & commute in Kit Carson, CO

Most working residents leave Kit Carson for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cheyenne Wells (24%), Denver (6%) and Pueblo (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 90 working residents

Typical commute

28 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 86 Kit Carson residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kit Carson.

86live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kit Carson goes to work

Cheyenne Wells24.2 mi away

24%22

Denver131.2 mi away

6%5

Kit Carson (in town)right here

4%4

Pueblo103.9 mi away

4%4

Lamar48.5 mi away

3%3

Burlington46.8 mi away

2%2

Longmont156.7 mi away

2%2

Aurora122 mi away

2%2

Salt Lake City, UT504.2 mi away

2%2

Mesa, AZ620.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%43

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

How far

How far Kit Carson commutes

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

10%

34%

16%

40%

10%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kit Carson is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kit Carson are

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

Jobs based in Kit Carson

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Kit Carson residents hold

90 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−11%

Jobs based in Kit Carson, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 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.