Work & commute · Salt Creek

Work & commute in Salt Creek, CO

Most working residents leave Salt Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pueblo (47%), Colorado Springs (11%) and Blende (6%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 194 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 191 Salt Creek residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salt Creek.

191live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salt Creek goes to work

Pueblo2.4 mi away

47%92

Colorado Springs44.3 mi away

11%21

Blende1.1 mi away

6%11

Pueblo West11.9 mi away

5%10

Denver106.3 mi away

3%5

Centennial94.4 mi away

2%4

Loveland152.5 mi away

2%3

Salt Creek (in town)right here

2%3

Northglenn117.4 mi away

1%2

Fountain31.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%41

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

How far

How far Salt Creek commutes

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

65%

13%

17%

65%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salt Creek is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Salt Creek are

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

Jobs based in Salt Creek

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Salt Creek residents hold

194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+8%

Jobs based in Salt Creek, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 26. 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.