Work & commute · Lamar

Work & commute in Lamar, CO

49% of Lamar’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Denver (4%), Colorado Springs (3%) and Pueblo (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49%

1,566 of 3,222 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 1,656 Lamar residents head out of town to work, 1,566 work right here, and 1,346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lamar.

1,656live here, work elsewhere

1,566live and work here

1,346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lamar goes to work

Lamar (in town)right here

49%1,566

Denver168.5 mi away

4%135

Colorado Springs128.3 mi away

3%110

Pueblo109.2 mi away

3%100

Wiley7.9 mi away

3%81

La Junta51.2 mi away

2%66

Aurora159.9 mi away

1%37

Holly26.7 mi away

1%36

Granada16.5 mi away

1%31

Greeley198.5 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,030

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

How far

How far Lamar commutes

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

56%

37%

56%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lamar is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lamar are

2,912 jobs are based in Lamar. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lamar’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lamar

2,912 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Lamar residents hold

3,222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+26%

Jobs based in Lamar, 2013 → 2023: 2,311 → 2,912. 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.