Work & commute · Merino

Work & commute in Merino, CO

Most working residents leave Merino for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sterling (25%), Greeley (5%) and Denver (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 132 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 127 Merino residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merino.

127live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merino goes to work

Sterling12.7 mi away

25%33

Greeley74.7 mi away

5%7

Denver94.9 mi away

5%6

Merino (in town)right here

4%5

Brush21.5 mi away

3%4

Fort Morgan27.7 mi away

3%4

Arvada105 mi away

2%3

Aurora89.9 mi away

2%3

Fort Collins90 mi away

2%3

Brighton84 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%62

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

How far

How far Merino commutes

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

11%

36%

44%

11%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merino is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merino are

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

Jobs based in Merino

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Merino residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+10%

Jobs based in Merino, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 64. 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.