Work & commute · Walden

Work & commute in Walden, CO

About one in 3 of Walden’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Denver (6%), Steamboat Springs (4%) and Fort Collins (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

98 of 299 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 201 Walden residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walden.

201live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walden goes to work

Walden (in town)right here

33%98

Denver99.7 mi away

6%18

Steamboat Springs33.5 mi away

4%12

Fort Collins65 mi away

2%6

Montrose177.5 mi away

2%5

Craig68.4 mi away

1%4

Kremmling46.9 mi away

1%3

Granby49.9 mi away

1%3

Grand Junction166 mi away

1%3

Thornton90.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%144

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

How far

How far Walden commutes

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

45%

42%

45%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walden are

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

Jobs based in Walden

252 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Walden residents hold

299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+5%

Jobs based in Walden, 2013 → 2023: 239 → 252. 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.