Work & commute · Nucla

Work & commute in Nucla, CO

Most working residents leave Nucla for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Norwood (11%), Naturita (8%) and Telluride (8%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 179 Nucla residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nucla.

179live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nucla goes to work

Norwood16.9 mi away

11%22

Nucla (in town)right here

9%18

Naturita3.5 mi away

8%16

Telluride45.7 mi away

8%16

Montrose39.9 mi away

6%11

Mountain Village44.1 mi away

5%9

Grand Junction56.8 mi away

5%9

Denver222.3 mi away

3%6

Placerville33 mi away

2%3

Aspen112.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%85

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

How far

How far Nucla commutes

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

28%

19%

27%

25%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nucla is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nucla are

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

Jobs based in Nucla

131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Nucla residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−16%

Jobs based in Nucla, 2013 → 2023: 156 → 131. 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.