Work & commute · Leadville

Work & commute in Leadville, CO

Most working residents leave Leadville for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Copper Mountain (7%), Denver (5%) and Vail (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

311 of 1,659 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,348 Leadville residents head out of town to work, 311 work right here, and 864 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leadville.

1,348live here, work elsewhere

311live and work here

864work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leadville goes to work

Leadville (in town)right here

19%311

Copper Mountain16.6 mi away

7%112

Denver83.3 mi away

5%75

Vail27.2 mi away

4%63

Aurora89.8 mi away

3%57

Breckenridge22 mi away

3%53

Colorado Springs86.3 mi away

3%51

Minturn20.5 mi away

3%50

Frisco25.3 mi away

2%39

Avon29.7 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%810

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

How far

How far Leadville commutes

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

29%

16%

24%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leadville is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leadville are

1,175 jobs are based in Leadville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leadville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leadville

1,175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Leadville residents hold

1,659 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+64%

Jobs based in Leadville, 2013 → 2023: 715 → 1,175. 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.