Work & commute · Southern Ute

Work & commute in Southern Ute, CO

Most working residents leave Southern Ute for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Durango (23%), Bayfield (7%) and Ignacio (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

44%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 44 Southern Ute residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southern Ute.

44live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southern Ute goes to work

Durango20.3 mi away

23%10

Bayfield11 mi away

7%3

Ignacio3.8 mi away

5%2

Farmington, NM39.3 mi away

5%2

Alma173.8 mi away

2%1

Morrison219.2 mi away

2%1

Pagosa Springs35 mi away

2%1

Steamboat Springs238.6 mi away

2%1

Golden225 mi away

2%1

Albuquerque, NM146 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%21

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

How far

How far Southern Ute commutes

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

40%

37%

14%

40%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southern Ute is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southern Ute are

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

Jobs based in Southern Ute

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less75%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Southern Ute residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−89%

Jobs based in Southern Ute, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 4. 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.