Work & commute · Ridgway

Work & commute in Ridgway, CO

About one in 4 of Ridgway’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ouray (15%), Montrose (7%) and Denver (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

125 of 482 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 357 Ridgway residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 752 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgway.

357live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

752work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgway goes to work

Ridgway (in town)right here

26%125

Ouray10 mi away

15%74

Montrose22.3 mi away

7%34

Denver190.1 mi away

7%33

Telluride15.4 mi away

7%32

Mountain Village16.5 mi away

5%26

Grand Junction77.9 mi away

4%17

Colorado Springs169.1 mi away

2%9

Lakewood177.3 mi away

1%5

Aspen87.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%123

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

How far

How far Ridgway commutes

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

37%

32%

29%

37%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgway is a job hub

1.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgway are

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

Jobs based in Ridgway

877 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Ridgway residents hold

482 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+133%

Jobs based in Ridgway, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 877. 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.