Work & commute · Manzanola

Work & commute in Manzanola, CO

Most working residents leave Manzanola for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are La Junta (16%), Pueblo (9%) and Rocky Ford (8%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 158 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 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 155 Manzanola residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manzanola.

155live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manzanola goes to work

La Junta19.5 mi away

16%25

Pueblo41.9 mi away

9%14

Rocky Ford8.9 mi away

8%13

Colorado Springs71.3 mi away

6%10

Denver126.6 mi away

5%8

Woodland Park89 mi away

3%4

Santa Fe, NM205.5 mi away

3%4

Manzanola (in town)right here

2%3

Taos, NM151.8 mi away

2%3

Pueblo West51.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%71

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

How far

How far Manzanola commutes

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

19%

22%

16%

43%

19%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manzanola is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manzanola are

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

Jobs based in Manzanola

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Manzanola residents hold

158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−57%

Jobs based in Manzanola, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 32. 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.