Work & commute · Monument

Work & commute in Monument, CO

Most working residents leave Monument for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (46%), Denver (7%) and Woodmoor (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

249 of 3,889 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,640 Monument residents head out of town to work, 249 work right here, and 3,597 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monument.

3,640live here, work elsewhere

249live and work here

3,597work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monument goes to work

Colorado Springs14.9 mi away

46%1,803

Denver47.6 mi away

7%253

Monument (in town)right here

6%249

Woodmoor2.2 mi away

6%249

Aurora44.5 mi away

3%111

Castle Rock21 mi away

2%78

Greenwood Village37.7 mi away

2%65

Lakewood45.6 mi away

2%59

Pueblo57 mi away

1%49

Centennial35.8 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%928

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

How far

How far Monument commutes

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

32%

37%

18%

12%

32%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monument is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monument are

3,846 jobs are based in Monument. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monument’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monument

3,846 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Monument residents hold

3,889 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+104%

Jobs based in Monument, 2013 → 2023: 1,887 → 3,846. 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.