Work & commute · Pueblo West

Work & commute in Pueblo West, CO

Most working residents leave Pueblo West for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Pueblo (41%), Colorado Springs (11%) and Denver (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,430 of 12,431 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,001 Pueblo West residents head out of town to work, 1,430 work right here, and 3,124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pueblo West.

11,001live here, work elsewhere

1,430live and work here

3,124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pueblo West goes to work

Pueblo10 mi away

41%5,062

Pueblo West (in town)right here

12%1,430

Colorado Springs38.1 mi away

11%1,393

Denver100 mi away

4%550

Aurora96.4 mi away

2%210

Cañon City25.2 mi away

1%177

Fountain26.4 mi away

1%146

Centennial88.2 mi away

1%120

Lakewood97.2 mi away

1%116

Blende12.6 mi away

1%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%3,150

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

How far

How far Pueblo West commutes

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

45%

17%

16%

22%

45%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pueblo West is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pueblo West are

4,554 jobs are based in Pueblo West. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pueblo West’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pueblo West

4,554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pueblo West residents hold

12,431 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+42%

Jobs based in Pueblo West, 2013 → 2023: 3,206 → 4,554. 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.