Work & commute · McClave

Work & commute in McClave, CO

Most working residents leave McClave for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Las Animas (21%), Colorado Springs (12%) and La Junta (7%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 43 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 42 McClave residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McClave.

42live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McClave goes to work

Las Animas20.7 mi away

21%9

Colorado Springs115.1 mi away

12%5

La Junta39.3 mi away

7%3

Fort Morgan154.8 mi away

5%2

Lamar13.4 mi away

5%2

Aurora148.3 mi away

5%2

Fort Collins204.7 mi away

5%2

Cripple Creek133.3 mi away

2%1

Trinidad111.5 mi away

2%1

Arvada170.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%15

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

How far

How far McClave commutes

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

35%

12%

49%

5%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McClave is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in McClave are

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

Jobs based in McClave

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs McClave residents hold

43 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+20%

Jobs based in McClave, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 83. 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.