Work & commute · Ordway

Work & commute in Ordway, CO

Most working residents leave Ordway for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are La Junta (10%), Colorado Springs (9%) and Pueblo (8%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

46 of 285 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 239 Ordway residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 247 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ordway.

239live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

247work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ordway goes to work

Ordway (in town)right here

16%46

La Junta20.2 mi away

10%28

Colorado Springs70.3 mi away

9%27

Pueblo46.5 mi away

8%23

Denver122.4 mi away

3%9

Rocky Ford12 mi away

3%8

Aurora115.2 mi away

2%6

Fowler15.9 mi away

2%5

Boulder148.1 mi away

2%5

Centennial111.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%124

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

How far

How far Ordway commutes

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

22%

11%

45%

22%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ordway is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ordway are

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

Jobs based in Ordway

293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Ordway residents hold

285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+12%

Jobs based in Ordway, 2013 → 2023: 261 → 293. 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.