Work & commute · La Junta

Work & commute in La Junta, CO

About one in 3 of La Junta’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (6%), Pueblo (5%) and Denver (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

1,058 of 2,691 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,633 La Junta residents head out of town to work, 1,058 work right here, and 1,790 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Junta.

1,633live here, work elsewhere

1,058live and work here

1,790work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Junta goes to work

La Junta (in town)right here

39%1,058

Colorado Springs89.9 mi away

6%163

Pueblo61.2 mi away

5%140

Denver142.5 mi away

4%106

Rocky Ford10.7 mi away

3%83

Swink5 mi away

2%42

Lamar51.2 mi away

1%34

Aurora135.2 mi away

1%32

Alamosa132 mi away

1%28

Las Animas18.7 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%980

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

How far

How far La Junta commutes

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

52%

38%

52%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Junta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Junta are

2,848 jobs are based in La Junta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Junta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Junta

2,848 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs La Junta residents hold

2,691 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−3%

Jobs based in La Junta, 2013 → 2023: 2,930 → 2,848. 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.