Work & commute · Ophir

Work & commute in Ophir, CO

Most working residents leave Ophir for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Telluride (42%), Mountain Village (17%) and Rifle (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 108 Ophir residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ophir.

108live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ophir goes to work

Telluride5.8 mi away

42%46

Mountain Village5.4 mi away

17%18

Rifle116.2 mi away

2%2

Ophir (in town)right here

1%1

La Jara110.1 mi away

1%1

Ouray14.6 mi away

1%1

Palisade91 mi away

1%1

Ridgway21.2 mi away

1%1

Aspen107 mi away

1%1

Glenwood Springs119.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%36

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

How far

How far Ophir commutes

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

75%

17%

75%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ophir is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ophir are

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

Jobs based in Ophir

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Ophir residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+58%

Jobs based in Ophir, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 19. 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.