Work & commute · Swink

Work & commute in Swink, CO

Most working residents leave Swink for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are La Junta (39%), Colorado Springs (7%) and Rocky Ford (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 214 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 209 Swink residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swink.

209live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swink goes to work

La Junta5 mi away

39%83

Colorado Springs85 mi away

7%16

Rocky Ford5.7 mi away

6%12

Pueblo56.2 mi away

6%12

Swink (in town)right here

2%5

Denver138.3 mi away

2%5

Lamar55.3 mi away

2%4

Greenwood Village130.5 mi away

1%3

Aurora131.1 mi away

1%3

Ordway15.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%69

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

How far

How far Swink commutes

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

59%

36%

59%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swink is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swink are

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

Jobs based in Swink

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Swink residents hold

214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+97%

Jobs based in Swink, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 124. 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.