Work & commute · Westcliffe

Work & commute in Westcliffe, CO

Most working residents leave Westcliffe for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (7%), Denver (7%) and Pueblo (6%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

22 of 177 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 155 Westcliffe residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 384 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westcliffe.

155live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

384work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westcliffe goes to work

Westcliffe (in town)right here

12%22

Colorado Springs63.4 mi away

7%13

Denver116.8 mi away

7%13

Pueblo47.3 mi away

6%11

Centennial105.7 mi away

5%8

Salida39.8 mi away

3%6

Silver Cliff3.6 mi away

3%6

Aurora116 mi away

3%5

Greenwood Village106.6 mi away

2%4

Cañon City25.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%85

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

How far

How far Westcliffe commutes

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

31%

18%

50%

31%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westcliffe is a job hub

2.29jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westcliffe are

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

Jobs based in Westcliffe

406 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Westcliffe residents hold

177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−7%

Jobs based in Westcliffe, 2013 → 2023: 438 → 406. 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.