Work & commute · Air Force Academy

Work & commute in Air Force Academy, CO

Most working residents leave Air Force Academy for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (18%), Colorado Springs (17%) and Aurora (9%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 1,062 working residents

Typical commute

49 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 1,057 Air Force Academy residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Air Force Academy.

1,057live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Air Force Academy goes to work

Denver53 mi away

18%188

Colorado Springs10.4 mi away

17%184

Aurora50 mi away

9%91

Centennial41.2 mi away

5%48

Lakewood50.5 mi away

2%26

Greenwood Village43 mi away

2%25

Pueblo51.9 mi away

2%25

Boulder74.1 mi away

2%19

Fort Collins107.9 mi away

2%19

Thornton64.1 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%419

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

How far

How far Air Force Academy commutes

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

12%

10%

29%

49%

12%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Air Force Academy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Air Force Academy are

971 jobs are based in Air Force Academy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Air Force Academy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Air Force Academy

971 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Air Force Academy residents hold

1,062 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+7%

Jobs based in Air Force Academy, 2013 → 2023: 909 → 971. 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.