Work & commute · Rangely

Work & commute in Rangely, CO

44% of Rangely’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Meeker (7%), Grand Junction (3%) and Colorado Springs (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

442 of 1,005 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 563 Rangely residents head out of town to work, 442 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rangely.

563live here, work elsewhere

442live and work here

289work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rangely goes to work

Rangely (in town)right here

44%442

Meeker47.1 mi away

7%66

Grand Junction69.9 mi away

3%29

Colorado Springs230.5 mi away

2%17

Dinosaur15.8 mi away

2%16

Craig71.2 mi away

1%11

Boulder186.8 mi away

1%9

Montrose122.2 mi away

1%8

Denver208 mi away

1%8

Vernal, UT47.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%391

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

How far

How far Rangely commutes

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

60%

28%

60%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rangely is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rangely are

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

Jobs based in Rangely

731 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Rangely residents hold

1,005 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−32%

Jobs based in Rangely, 2013 → 2023: 1,073 → 731. 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.