Work & commute · Parachute

Work & commute in Parachute, CO

Most working residents leave Parachute for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Glenwood Springs (13%), Rifle (11%) and Grand Junction (8%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 632 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 582 Parachute residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 583 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parachute.

582live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

583work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parachute goes to work

Glenwood Springs38.6 mi away

13%79

Rifle16.4 mi away

11%69

Grand Junction36.9 mi away

8%53

Parachute (in town)right here

8%50

Battlement Mesa2.8 mi away

6%40

Denver170.3 mi away

6%35

Silt22.6 mi away

1%9

Aurora178.5 mi away

1%9

Montrose68.4 mi away

1%8

Basalt54 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%273

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

How far

How far Parachute commutes

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

18%

30%

34%

18%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parachute is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Parachute are

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

Jobs based in Parachute

633 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Parachute residents hold

632 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+15%

Jobs based in Parachute, 2013 → 2023: 549 → 633. 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.