Work & commute · Towaoc

Work & commute in Towaoc, CO

About one in 3 of Towaoc’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cortez (7%), Farmington (3%) and St. Michaels (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

92 of 318 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 226 Towaoc residents head out of town to work, 92 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Towaoc.

226live here, work elsewhere

92live and work here

357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Towaoc goes to work

Towaoc (in town)right here

29%92

Cortez12.6 mi away

7%21

Farmington, NM43.7 mi away

3%8

St. Michaels, AZ109.2 mi away

2%7

Durango47 mi away

2%6

Dulce, NM96.8 mi away

2%5

Mancos25.5 mi away

1%3

Denver272.5 mi away

1%3

Lee Acres, NM50.8 mi away

1%3

Shiprock, NM29.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%167

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

How far

How far Towaoc commutes

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

65%

20%

65%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Towaoc is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Towaoc are

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

Jobs based in Towaoc

449 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Towaoc residents hold

318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month31%

−56%

Jobs based in Towaoc, 2013 → 2023: 1,030 → 449. 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.