Work & commute · Stratton

Work & commute in Stratton, CO

Most working residents leave Stratton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Flagler (11%), Burlington (11%) and Denver (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

25 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 225 Stratton residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stratton.

225live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stratton goes to work

Flagler24.7 mi away

11%28

Burlington17.8 mi away

11%28

Stratton (in town)right here

10%25

Denver125.4 mi away

4%10

Limon57.9 mi away

3%8

Aurora116.3 mi away

3%8

Hugo48 mi away

2%6

Pueblo129.6 mi away

2%6

Loveland151.5 mi away

2%5

Colorado Springs119.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%121

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

How far

How far Stratton commutes

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

16%

27%

11%

46%

16%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stratton is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stratton are

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

Jobs based in Stratton

172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Stratton residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−23%

Jobs based in Stratton, 2013 → 2023: 224 → 172. 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.