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Work & commute · Silt

Work & commute in Silt, CO

Most working residents leave Silt for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Glenwood Springs (23%), Rifle (7%) and Carbondale (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
88 of 1,537 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,449 Silt residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 475 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silt.

1,449live here, work elsewhere
88live and work here
475work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Silt goes to work

SiltBasaltCarbondaleNew CastleParachuteAspenGlenwood SpringsEagleRifleSteamboat SpringsEvansGrand JunctionGreeleyDenverBattlement MesaGlenwood SpringsRifleCarbondaleAspenGrand JunctionDenverNew CastleBasaltEagleSilt
1
Glenwood Springs16.5 mi away
23%356
2
Rifle6.3 mi away
7%101
3
Silt (in town)right here
6%88
4
Carbondale25.6 mi away
4%60
5
Aspen49.9 mi away
3%48
6
Grand Junction58.3 mi away
3%47
7
Denver148.2 mi away
3%45
8
New Castle7 mi away
2%32
9
Basalt34.5 mi away
2%31
10
Eagle44.8 mi away
2%29
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%700

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

How far

How far Silt commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Silt is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silt are

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

Jobs based in Silt

563 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)50%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)38%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Silt residents hold

1,537 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+74%

Jobs based in Silt, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 563. 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.

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