Work & commute · Brook Forest

Work & commute in Brook Forest, CO

Most working residents leave Brook Forest for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (25%), Lakewood (12%) and Evergreen (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 347 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

49%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 347 Brook Forest residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brook Forest.

347live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brook Forest goes to work

Denver30.2 mi away

25%88

Lakewood17.1 mi away

12%43

Evergreen5.2 mi away

5%16

Golden15.2 mi away

4%13

Arvada22.2 mi away

3%11

Centennial28.3 mi away

3%9

Aurora37.1 mi away

3%9

Colorado Springs59.4 mi away

2%7

Greenwood Village25.9 mi away

2%6

Wheat Ridge20.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%139

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

How far

How far Brook Forest commutes

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

15%

43%

35%

15%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brook Forest is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brook Forest are

31 jobs are based in Brook Forest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brook Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brook Forest

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Brook Forest residents hold

347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−37%

Jobs based in Brook Forest, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 31. 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.