Work & commute · Black Hawk

Work & commute in Black Hawk, CO

About one in 5 of Black Hawk’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Denver (13%), Central (11%) and Lakewood (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

13 of 64 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 51 Black Hawk residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 3,040 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Hawk.

51live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

3,040work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black Hawk goes to work

Black Hawk (in town)right here

20%13

Denver32.6 mi away

13%8

Central0.9 mi away

11%7

Lakewood21.2 mi away

9%6

Boulder20 mi away

6%4

Golden15.6 mi away

5%3

Black Forest67 mi away

3%2

Glendale30.4 mi away

2%1

Nederland11.2 mi away

2%1

Erie29.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%18

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

How far

How far Black Hawk commutes

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

35%

30%

35%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black Hawk is a job hub

47.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

47.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Hawk are

3,053 jobs are based in Black Hawk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Black Hawk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Black Hawk

3,053 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Black Hawk residents hold

64 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−15%

Jobs based in Black Hawk, 2013 → 2023: 3,598 → 3,053. 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.