Work & commute · Arvada

Work & commute in Arvada, CO

Most working residents leave Arvada for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (25%), Lakewood (10%) and Westminster (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

6,016 of 60,623 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 54,607 Arvada residents head out of town to work, 6,016 work right here, and 26,621 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arvada.

54,607live here, work elsewhere

6,016live and work here

26,621work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arvada goes to work

Denver15.1 mi away

25%15,046

Arvada (in town)right here

10%6,016

Lakewood9.5 mi away

10%5,779

Westminster5.7 mi away

5%3,101

Boulder14.2 mi away

4%2,622

Aurora24.4 mi away

4%2,305

Wheat Ridge4.9 mi away

3%2,018

Broomfield9.8 mi away

3%1,963

Golden7.1 mi away

3%1,781

Thornton12.6 mi away

2%1,262

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%18,730

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

How far

How far Arvada commutes

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

55%

36%

55%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arvada is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Arvada are

32,637 jobs are based in Arvada. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arvada’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arvada

32,637 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Arvada residents hold

60,623 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+34%

Jobs based in Arvada, 2013 → 2023: 24,346 → 32,637. 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.