Work & commute · La Jara

Work & commute in La Jara, CO

Most working residents leave La Jara for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Alamosa (25%), Antonito (5%) and Denver (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 238 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 217 La Jara residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 269 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Jara.

217live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

269work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Jara goes to work

Alamosa14.6 mi away

25%60

La Jara (in town)right here

9%21

Antonito13.9 mi away

5%13

Denver181.5 mi away

5%13

Sanford3.4 mi away

5%12

Colorado Springs128 mi away

2%5

Pueblo100.8 mi away

2%4

Monte Vista23.5 mi away

1%3

Salida86.8 mi away

1%3

Aurora181.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%101

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

How far

How far La Jara commutes

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

24%

43%

31%

24%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Jara is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Jara are

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

Jobs based in La Jara

290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs La Jara residents hold

238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+2%

Jobs based in La Jara, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 290. 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.