Work & commute · Park Center

Work & commute in Park Center, CO

Most working residents leave Park Center for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cañon City (36%), Colorado Springs (10%) and Pueblo (8%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,093 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,084 Park Center residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park Center.

1,084live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park Center goes to work

Cañon City3 mi away

36%389

Colorado Springs36.4 mi away

10%110

Pueblo36.5 mi away

8%83

Denver90.1 mi away

6%61

Florence10 mi away

2%24

Aurora88.8 mi away

2%20

Victor16.1 mi away

2%18

Lakewood84.1 mi away

2%18

Lincoln Park4.2 mi away

1%14

Centennial78.8 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%343

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

How far

How far Park Center commutes

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

43%

22%

29%

43%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park Center 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 Park Center are

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

Jobs based in Park Center

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Park Center residents hold

1,093 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+3%

Jobs based in Park Center, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 186. 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.