Work & commute · Pueblo

Work & commute in Pueblo, CO

50% of Pueblo’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (11%), Denver (5%) and Pueblo West (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50%

19,834 of 39,526 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 19,692 Pueblo residents head out of town to work, 19,834 work right here, and 19,321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pueblo.

19,692live here, work elsewhere

19,834live and work here

19,321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pueblo goes to work

Pueblo (in town)right here

50%19,834

Colorado Springs42.1 mi away

11%4,305

Denver104.1 mi away

5%1,871

Pueblo West10 mi away

3%1,369

Aurora99.7 mi away

2%671

Lakewood102.5 mi away

1%429

Fountain29.3 mi away

1%381

Blende2.6 mi away

1%373

Cañon City35.1 mi away

1%335

Centennial92.3 mi away

1%325

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%9,633

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

How far

How far Pueblo commutes

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

61%

15%

22%

61%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pueblo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pueblo are

39,155 jobs are based in Pueblo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pueblo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pueblo

39,155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Pueblo residents hold

39,526 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−3%

Jobs based in Pueblo, 2013 → 2023: 40,265 → 39,155. 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.