Work & commute · Blue River

Work & commute in Blue River, CO

Most working residents leave Blue River for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Breckenridge (46%), Denver (6%) and Colorado Springs (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 404 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 404 Blue River residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue River.

404live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue River goes to work

Breckenridge3.5 mi away

46%184

Denver65.2 mi away

6%25

Colorado Springs79.3 mi away

3%13

Frisco9.4 mi away

2%7

Keystone12.2 mi away

2%7

Avon28.8 mi away

2%7

Silverthorne15.2 mi away

1%6

Centennial63.3 mi away

1%6

Parker67.4 mi away

1%4

Lakewood51.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%141

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

How far

How far Blue River commutes

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

52%

34%

52%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue River is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue River are

72 jobs are based in Blue River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blue River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blue River

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Blue River residents hold

404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+41%

Jobs based in Blue River, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 72. 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.