Work & commute · Palisade

Work & commute in Palisade, CO

Most working residents leave Palisade for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Junction (51%), Denver (4%) and Clifton (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

89 of 914 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 825 Palisade residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 734 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palisade.

825live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

734work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palisade goes to work

Grand Junction11.3 mi away

51%464

Palisade (in town)right here

10%89

Denver190.9 mi away

4%39

Clifton6 mi away

3%27

Fruita20.2 mi away

2%18

Parachute28.4 mi away

1%12

Aurora198.5 mi away

1%11

Glenwood Springs62.1 mi away

1%9

Delta28.2 mi away

1%8

Montrose51.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%229

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

How far

How far Palisade commutes

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

29%

45%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palisade is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Palisade are

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

Jobs based in Palisade

823 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Palisade residents hold

914 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+43%

Jobs based in Palisade, 2013 → 2023: 575 → 823. 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.