Work & commute · Penrose

Work & commute in Penrose, CO

Most working residents leave Penrose for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (20%), Cañon City (16%) and Pueblo (8%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

106 of 1,570 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,464 Penrose residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 307 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penrose.

1,464live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

307work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penrose goes to work

Colorado Springs33.4 mi away

20%314

Cañon City12 mi away

16%244

Pueblo23.6 mi away

8%123

Penrose (in town)right here

7%106

Denver92.8 mi away

6%102

Florence6.1 mi away

6%89

Lakewood88.5 mi away

2%35

Aurora90.3 mi away

2%32

Pueblo West13.8 mi away

1%21

Greenwood Village82.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%487

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

How far

How far Penrose commutes

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

19%

24%

27%

30%

19%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penrose is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Penrose are

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

Jobs based in Penrose

413 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Penrose residents hold

1,570 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−25%

Jobs based in Penrose, 2013 → 2023: 554 → 413. 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.