Work & commute · Lazear

Work & commute in Lazear, CO

Most working residents leave Lazear for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hotchkiss (13%), Grand Junction (9%) and Delta (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 64 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 63 Lazear residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lazear.

63live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lazear goes to work

Hotchkiss3.9 mi away

13%8

Grand Junction47.4 mi away

9%6

Delta16.6 mi away

8%5

Montrose21.8 mi away

8%5

Paonia11.9 mi away

5%3

Commerce City176.8 mi away

5%3

Marble37.6 mi away

3%2

Pitkin69.2 mi away

2%1

Basalt56.6 mi away

2%1

Telluride58 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%29

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

How far

How far Lazear commutes

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

22%

41%

13%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lazear is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lazear are

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

Jobs based in Lazear

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lazear residents hold

64 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+329%

Jobs based in Lazear, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 30. 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.