Work & commute · Sanford

Work & commute in Sanford, CO

Most working residents leave Sanford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alamosa (28%), La Jara (9%) and Antonito (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 269 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 262 Sanford residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanford.

262live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanford goes to work

Alamosa15.1 mi away

28%76

La Jara3.4 mi away

9%25

Antonito13.9 mi away

6%15

Denver181.6 mi away

4%11

Colorado Springs127.3 mi away

3%9

Sanford (in town)right here

3%7

Aurora181 mi away

2%5

Alamosa East15.5 mi away

2%5

Monte Vista26.1 mi away

1%4

Saguache58.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%109

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

How far

How far Sanford commutes

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

23%

41%

30%

23%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanford is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanford are

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

Jobs based in Sanford

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Sanford residents hold

269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+75%

Jobs based in Sanford, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 110. 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.