Work & commute · Laporte

Work & commute in Laporte, CO

Most working residents leave Laporte for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Collins (33%), Loveland (6%) and Denver (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 1,010 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 972 Laporte residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 372 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laporte.

972live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

372work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laporte goes to work

Fort Collins7.5 mi away

33%338

Loveland15.9 mi away

6%64

Denver62.2 mi away

6%60

Laporte (in town)right here

4%38

Aurora68 mi away

3%28

Boulder42.8 mi away

2%24

Greeley25 mi away

2%24

Colorado Springs124.1 mi away

2%23

Longmont32.6 mi away

1%15

Greenwood Village71.7 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%382

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

How far

How far Laporte commutes

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

47%

13%

12%

28%

47%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laporte is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laporte are

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

Jobs based in Laporte

410 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Laporte residents hold

1,010 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+14%

Jobs based in Laporte, 2013 → 2023: 360 → 410. 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.