Work & commute · Pitkin

Work & commute in Pitkin, CO

Most working residents leave Pitkin for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gunnison (27%), Crested Butte (14%) and Mount Crested Butte (9%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

55%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 44 Pitkin residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pitkin.

44live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pitkin goes to work

Gunnison22.5 mi away

27%12

Crested Butte30.7 mi away

14%6

Mount Crested Butte31.7 mi away

9%4

Mountain Village86.5 mi away

2%1

Buena Vista25.3 mi away

2%1

Eagle73.3 mi away

2%1

Breckenridge66.5 mi away

2%1

Grand Junction115.3 mi away

2%1

Westminster117.3 mi away

2%1

Aurora122.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%15

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

How far

How far Pitkin commutes

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

43%

27%

2%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pitkin is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pitkin are

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

Jobs based in Pitkin

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Pitkin residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+53%

Jobs based in Pitkin, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 23. 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.