Work & commute · Wiley

Work & commute in Wiley, CO

Most working residents leave Wiley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lamar (38%), Colorado Springs (4%) and Pueblo (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 196 Wiley residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wiley.

196live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wiley goes to work

Lamar7.9 mi away

38%80

Wiley (in town)right here

8%16

Colorado Springs120.9 mi away

4%9

Pueblo103 mi away

4%8

Denver160.7 mi away

4%8

La Junta46.7 mi away

2%4

Aurora152 mi away

2%4

Eads22.8 mi away

1%3

Greeley190.8 mi away

1%3

Holly33 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%75

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

How far

How far Wiley commutes

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

55%

38%

55%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wiley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wiley are

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

Jobs based in Wiley

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Wiley residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+73%

Jobs based in Wiley, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 235. 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.