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Work & commute · La Veta

Work & commute in La Veta, CO

Most working residents leave La Veta for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (13%), Denver (6%) and Walsenburg (5%). Half commute less than 56 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
17%
42 of 250 working residents
Typical commute
56 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
12 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
27%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 208 La Veta residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Veta.

208live here, work elsewhere
42live and work here
155work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Veta goes to work

La VetaWalsenburgLa JuntaAlamosaTrinidadCañon CityLakewoodColorado SpringsPuebloDenverGardnerPueblo WestColorado SpringsDenverWalsenburgTrinidadLakewoodPuebloPueblo WestLa JuntaAlamosaLa Veta
1
La Veta (in town)right here
17%42
2
Colorado Springs94.8 mi away
13%33
3
Denver155.8 mi away
6%14
4
Walsenburg15 mi away
5%12
5
Trinidad36.7 mi away
4%10
6
Lakewood151.5 mi away
2%5
7
Pueblo56.9 mi away
2%5
8
Pueblo West57.1 mi away
2%5
9
La Junta86.2 mi away
2%4
10
Alamosa47.7 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%117

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

How far

How far La Veta commutes

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

19%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
51%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Veta is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Veta are

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

Jobs based in La Veta

197 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)77%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs La Veta residents hold

250 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−18%

Jobs based in La Veta, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 197. 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.

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