Work & commute · Valdez

Work & commute in Valdez, CO

Most working residents leave Valdez for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Trinidad (39%), Pueblo (11%) and Steamboat Springs (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 18 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 18 Valdez residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valdez.

18live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valdez goes to work

Trinidad10.6 mi away

39%7

Pueblo79.1 mi away

11%2

Steamboat Springs258.8 mi away

6%1

Lakewood179.4 mi away

6%1

Aurora178.5 mi away

6%1

Colorado Springs120.4 mi away

6%1

Las Campanas, NM124.2 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%4

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

How far

How far Valdez commutes

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

28%

33%

39%

28%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valdez is a job hub

12.33jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valdez are

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

Jobs based in Valdez

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Valdez residents hold

18 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−34%

Jobs based in Valdez, 2013 → 2023: 335 → 222. 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.