Work & commute · Wray

Work & commute in Wray, CO

About one in 3 of Wray’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Yuma (3%), Idalia (3%) and Denver (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

286 of 775 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 489 Wray residents head out of town to work, 286 work right here, and 811 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wray.

489live here, work elsewhere

286live and work here

811work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wray goes to work

Wray (in town)right here

37%286

Yuma25.9 mi away

3%23

Idalia26.3 mi away

3%22

Denver142.3 mi away

3%20

Burlington53.6 mi away

2%14

Colorado Springs158.9 mi away

2%12

Greeley136 mi away

1%11

Loveland151.3 mi away

1%10

Fort Collins152.9 mi away

1%9

Holyoke34.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%360

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

How far

How far Wray commutes

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

50%

13%

30%

50%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wray is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wray are

1,097 jobs are based in Wray. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wray’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wray

1,097 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Wray residents hold

775 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−4%

Jobs based in Wray, 2013 → 2023: 1,138 → 1,097. 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.