Work & commute · Salida

Work & commute in Salida, CO

45% of Salida’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Denver (6%), Colorado Springs (4%) and Poncha Springs (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

1,294 of 2,859 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,565 Salida residents head out of town to work, 1,294 work right here, and 2,472 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salida.

1,565live here, work elsewhere

1,294live and work here

2,472work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salida goes to work

Salida (in town)right here

45%1,294

Denver104.1 mi away

6%184

Colorado Springs70.7 mi away

4%116

Poncha Springs4 mi away

3%83

Buena Vista22.1 mi away

2%59

Lakewood93.5 mi away

2%44

Pueblo77.3 mi away

1%41

Aurora106.5 mi away

1%38

Greenwood Village95 mi away

1%30

Leadville52 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%944

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

How far

How far Salida commutes

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

56%

34%

56%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salida is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Salida are

3,766 jobs are based in Salida. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Salida’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Salida

3,766 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Salida residents hold

2,859 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+55%

Jobs based in Salida, 2013 → 2023: 2,433 → 3,766. 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.