Work & commute · Redlands

Work & commute in Redlands, CO

Most working residents leave Redlands for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Junction (65%), Denver (4%) and Fruita (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

117 of 3,538 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,421 Redlands residents head out of town to work, 117 work right here, and 518 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redlands.

3,421live here, work elsewhere

117live and work here

518work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redlands goes to work

Grand Junction4.7 mi away

65%2,292

Denver206.8 mi away

4%129

Fruita6.3 mi away

4%128

Redlands (in town)right here

3%117

Montrose60.4 mi away

1%43

Clifton10.4 mi away

1%35

Glenwood Springs77 mi away

1%32

Colorado Springs209.7 mi away

1%32

Commerce City213.1 mi away

1%22

Aurora214.4 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%686

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

How far

How far Redlands commutes

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

75%

21%

75%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redlands is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Redlands are

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

Jobs based in Redlands

635 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Redlands residents hold

3,538 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Redlands, 2013 → 2023: 641 → 635. 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.