Work & commute · Silver Cliff

Work & commute in Silver Cliff, CO

Most working residents leave Silver Cliff for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Westcliffe (16%), Colorado Springs (8%) and Pueblo (7%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

19 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 177 Silver Cliff residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver Cliff.

177live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silver Cliff goes to work

Westcliffe3.6 mi away

16%31

Silver Cliff (in town)right here

10%19

Colorado Springs61.6 mi away

8%15

Pueblo43.9 mi away

7%13

Denver116.2 mi away

5%9

Cañon City23.7 mi away

4%7

Centennial105 mi away

4%7

Salida42.7 mi away

3%5

Lakewood109.5 mi away

2%4

Aurora115.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%82

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

How far

How far Silver Cliff commutes

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

35%

16%

45%

35%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silver Cliff is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver Cliff are

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

Jobs based in Silver Cliff

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Silver Cliff residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+124%

Jobs based in Silver Cliff, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 150. 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.