Work & commute · Paonia

Work & commute in Paonia, CO

Most working residents leave Paonia for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Delta (9%), Grand Junction (7%) and Hotchkiss (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

71 of 410 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 339 Paonia residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paonia.

339live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

417work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paonia goes to work

Paonia (in town)right here

17%71

Delta27.8 mi away

9%35

Grand Junction54.5 mi away

7%30

Hotchkiss8.2 mi away

3%14

Denver157.5 mi away

2%8

Colorado Springs152.3 mi away

2%7

Durango112 mi away

1%6

Orchard City20.5 mi away

1%5

Boulder148.2 mi away

1%5

Montrose31.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%225

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

How far

How far Paonia commutes

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

39%

14%

18%

30%

39%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paonia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paonia are

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

Jobs based in Paonia

488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Paonia residents hold

410 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+20%

Jobs based in Paonia, 2013 → 2023: 406 → 488. 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.