Work & commute · Vail

Work & commute in Vail, CO

40% of Vail’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Avon (11%), Denver (5%) and Edwards (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

2,031 of 5,015 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

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,984 Vail residents head out of town to work, 2,031 work right here, and 5,540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vail.

2,984live here, work elsewhere

2,031live and work here

5,540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vail goes to work

Vail (in town)right here

40%2,031

Avon8.2 mi away

11%551

Denver79.2 mi away

5%269

Edwards13.8 mi away

4%215

Breckenridge19.5 mi away

3%143

Eagle24.4 mi away

3%140

Keystone23 mi away

1%74

Colorado Springs100.9 mi away

1%69

Aurora87.5 mi away

1%64

Aspen39.7 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,404

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

How far

How far Vail commutes

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

57%

15%

24%

57%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vail is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vail are

7,571 jobs are based in Vail. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vail’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vail

7,571 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Vail residents hold

5,015 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+12%

Jobs based in Vail, 2013 → 2023: 6,772 → 7,571. 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.