Work & commute · Olathe

Work & commute in Olathe, CO

Most working residents leave Olathe for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Montrose (32%), Grand Junction (6%) and Delta (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 590 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 545 Olathe residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 388 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olathe.

545live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

388work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olathe goes to work

Montrose11.8 mi away

32%191

Olathe (in town)right here

8%45

Grand Junction45.7 mi away

6%35

Delta11.7 mi away

5%31

Denver184.2 mi away

4%23

Durango93.1 mi away

2%10

Colorado Springs174.6 mi away

1%7

Gunnison57.3 mi away

1%5

Rifle65.2 mi away

1%4

Boulder175.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%235

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

How far

How far Olathe commutes

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

27%

35%

11%

27%

27%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olathe is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olathe are

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

Jobs based in Olathe

433 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Olathe residents hold

590 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+42%

Jobs based in Olathe, 2013 → 2023: 305 → 433. 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.