Work & commute · Piedra

Work & commute in Piedra, CO

Most working residents leave Piedra for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lake City (39%), Aurora (11%) and Idaho Springs (6%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 18 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18 Piedra residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piedra.

18live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piedra goes to work

Lake City40.9 mi away

39%7

Aurora205 mi away

11%2

Idaho Springs183 mi away

6%1

Breckenridge154.6 mi away

6%1

Colorado Springs163.7 mi away

6%1

Denver202.3 mi away

6%1

Saratoga, WY277.8 mi away

6%1

Welby203.9 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%3

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

How far

How far Piedra commutes

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

56%

44%

0%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

56%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piedra is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Piedra are

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

Jobs based in Piedra

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month64%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Piedra residents hold

18 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month33%

+27%

Jobs based in Piedra, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 14. 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.