Work & commute · Silverton

Work & commute in Silverton, CO

43% of Silverton’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Durango (9%), Farmington (4%) and Colorado Springs (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

114 of 267 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 153 Silverton residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silverton.

153live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silverton goes to work

Silverton (in town)right here

43%114

Durango39.5 mi away

9%25

Farmington, NM78.3 mi away

4%11

Colorado Springs173.5 mi away

2%5

Montrose46.7 mi away

1%4

Paonia73.3 mi away

1%3

Telluride12.2 mi away

1%3

Pagosa Springs52.4 mi away

1%3

Cortez59.2 mi away

1%3

Crouch Mesa, NM77 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%93

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

How far

How far Silverton commutes

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

48%

16%

30%

48%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silverton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Silverton are

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

Jobs based in Silverton

229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Silverton residents hold

267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+46%

Jobs based in Silverton, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 229. 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.