Work & commute · Yuma

Work & commute in Yuma, CO

About one in 3 of Yuma’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wray (8%), Sterling (3%) and Denver (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

451 of 1,262 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 811 Yuma residents head out of town to work, 451 work right here, and 758 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yuma.

811live here, work elsewhere

451live and work here

758work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yuma goes to work

Yuma (in town)right here

36%451

Wray25.9 mi away

8%96

Sterling42.6 mi away

3%33

Denver117.4 mi away

2%31

Burlington61.3 mi away

2%24

Fort Morgan57.1 mi away

2%24

Greeley110.2 mi away

1%17

Akron26.8 mi away

1%15

Fort Collins127.2 mi away

1%15

Loveland125.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%542

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

How far

How far Yuma commutes

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

48%

19%

29%

48%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yuma is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Yuma are

1,209 jobs are based in Yuma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yuma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yuma

1,209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Yuma residents hold

1,262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−1%

Jobs based in Yuma, 2013 → 2023: 1,219 → 1,209. 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.