Work & commute · Saguache

Work & commute in Saguache, CO

Most working residents leave Saguache for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (7%), Colorado Springs (6%) and Salida (6%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

19 of 162 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 143 Saguache residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saguache.

143live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saguache goes to work

Saguache (in town)right here

12%19

Denver134.1 mi away

7%12

Colorado Springs92.1 mi away

6%10

Salida31.6 mi away

6%9

Moffat13.7 mi away

4%6

Crestone25 mi away

2%4

Cañon City55.6 mi away

2%4

Centennial124.6 mi away

2%4

Aurora135.7 mi away

2%4

Center23.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%87

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

How far

How far Saguache commutes

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

12%

23%

15%

50%

12%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saguache is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Saguache are

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

Jobs based in Saguache

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Saguache residents hold

162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−13%

Jobs based in Saguache, 2013 → 2023: 244 → 213. 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.