Work & commute · Poncha Springs

Work & commute in Poncha Springs, CO

Most working residents leave Poncha Springs for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Salida (34%), Denver (7%) and Colorado Springs (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 444 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 431 Poncha Springs residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poncha Springs.

431live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poncha Springs goes to work

Salida4 mi away

34%151

Denver106.9 mi away

7%31

Colorado Springs74.6 mi away

5%23

Buena Vista21.6 mi away

3%15

Poncha Springs (in town)right here

3%13

Aurora109.5 mi away

2%10

Pueblo81 mi away

2%7

Cañon City46.4 mi away

1%6

Lakewood96.1 mi away

1%5

Westminster108.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%178

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

How far

How far Poncha Springs commutes

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

46%

10%

41%

46%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poncha Springs is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poncha Springs are

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

Jobs based in Poncha Springs

273 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Poncha Springs residents hold

444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+63%

Jobs based in Poncha Springs, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 273. 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.