Work & commute · Telluride

Work & commute in Telluride, CO

51% of Telluride’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Mountain Village (15%), Denver (3%) and Grand Junction (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

435 of 857 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

6 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 422 Telluride residents head out of town to work, 435 work right here, and 1,919 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Telluride.

422live here, work elsewhere

435live and work here

1,919work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Telluride goes to work

Telluride (in town)right here

51%435

Mountain Village2.2 mi away

15%128

Denver202 mi away

3%22

Grand Junction89.1 mi away

2%13

Colorado Springs177.5 mi away

2%13

Placerville12.9 mi away

1%8

Cortez58.2 mi away

1%7

Montrose36.6 mi away

1%7

Lakewood189.5 mi away

1%6

Alamosa110.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%213

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

How far

How far Telluride commutes

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

73%

23%

73%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Telluride is a job hub

2.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Telluride are

2,354 jobs are based in Telluride. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Telluride’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Telluride

2,354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Telluride residents hold

857 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+52%

Jobs based in Telluride, 2013 → 2023: 1,553 → 2,354. 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.