Work & commute · North La Junta

Work & commute in North La Junta, CO

Most working residents leave North La Junta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are La Junta (30%), Colorado Springs (6%) and Pueblo (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 184 North La Junta residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North La Junta.

184live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North La Junta goes to work

La Junta1.9 mi away

30%55

Colorado Springs89.9 mi away

6%12

Pueblo62 mi away

4%7

Cheraw7.5 mi away

3%6

Cañon City97.1 mi away

2%4

Denver142 mi away

2%4

Rocky Ford11.4 mi away

2%3

Pagosa Springs197.1 mi away

2%3

Lamar49.7 mi away

2%3

Ordway19.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%86

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

How far

How far North La Junta commutes

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

48%

43%

48%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North La Junta is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North La Junta are

45 jobs are based in North La Junta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North La Junta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North La Junta

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs North La Junta residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+61%

Jobs based in North La Junta, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 45. 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.