Work & commute · Rifle

Work & commute in Rifle, CO

Most working residents leave Rifle for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Glenwood Springs (18%), Denver (5%) and Grand Junction (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

755 of 4,594 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 3,839 Rifle residents head out of town to work, 755 work right here, and 1,913 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rifle.

3,839live here, work elsewhere

755live and work here

1,913work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rifle goes to work

Glenwood Springs22.8 mi away

18%825

Rifle (in town)right here

16%755

Denver154.5 mi away

5%208

Grand Junction52.7 mi away

4%199

Carbondale31.2 mi away

3%135

Aspen55.2 mi away

3%118

Silt6.3 mi away

2%102

Basalt40.2 mi away

2%95

Gypsum43.7 mi away

2%85

New Castle13.2 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,991

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

How far

How far Rifle commutes

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

25%

21%

17%

37%

25%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rifle is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rifle are

2,668 jobs are based in Rifle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rifle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rifle

2,668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Rifle residents hold

4,594 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−42%

Jobs based in Rifle, 2013 → 2023: 4,571 → 2,668. 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.