Work & commute · San Luis

Work & commute in San Luis, CO

About one in 5 of San Luis’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Alamosa (11%), Denver (4%) and Alamosa East (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

44 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 160 San Luis residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Luis.

160live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Luis goes to work

San Luis (in town)right here

22%44

Alamosa31.3 mi away

11%22

Denver179.2 mi away

4%9

Alamosa East29.7 mi away

4%8

Colorado Springs120.5 mi away

3%6

Red River, NM34 mi away

2%5

Questa, NM35.2 mi away

2%4

Blanca17.1 mi away

1%3

Taos, NM57 mi away

1%3

Romeo31.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%98

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

How far

How far San Luis commutes

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

32%

28%

32%

32%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Luis is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Luis are

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

Jobs based in San Luis

211 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs San Luis residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−38%

Jobs based in San Luis, 2013 → 2023: 339 → 211. 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.