Work & commute · Loma

Work & commute in Loma, CO

Most working residents leave Loma for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Junction (53%), Fruita (10%) and Denver (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 493 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 488 Loma residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loma.

488live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loma goes to work

Grand Junction15.1 mi away

53%260

Fruita5.4 mi away

10%51

Denver212.7 mi away

5%26

Aurora220.6 mi away

1%5

Fruitvale19.2 mi away

1%5

Loma (in town)right here

1%5

Centennial212.1 mi away

1%4

Clifton20.6 mi away

1%4

Rifle59.8 mi away

1%3

Lakewood199.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%127

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

How far

How far Loma commutes

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

17%

58%

24%

17%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loma is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loma are

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

Jobs based in Loma

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Loma residents hold

493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+5%

Jobs based in Loma, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 138. 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.