Work & commute · Berkley

Work & commute in Berkley, CO

Most working residents leave Berkley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (32%), Aurora (7%) and Westminster (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 5,370 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,284 Berkley residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 3,152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berkley.

5,284live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

3,152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berkley goes to work

Denver8.4 mi away

32%1,693

Aurora17.7 mi away

7%377

Westminster5.4 mi away

5%273

Lakewood8.8 mi away

5%257

Arvada6.7 mi away

4%231

Commerce City13.5 mi away

3%169

Boulder19.1 mi away

3%158

Thornton9.1 mi away

3%140

North Washington2.6 mi away

2%123

Centennial17.3 mi away

2%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,827

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

How far

How far Berkley commutes

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

59%

32%

59%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berkley is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berkley are

3,238 jobs are based in Berkley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berkley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berkley

3,238 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Berkley residents hold

5,370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+31%

Jobs based in Berkley, 2013 → 2023: 2,473 → 3,238. 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.