Work & commute · Brush

Work & commute in Brush, CO

Most working residents leave Brush for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Morgan (28%), Denver (7%) and Greeley (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

478 of 2,544 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,066 Brush residents head out of town to work, 478 work right here, and 1,062 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brush.

2,066live here, work elsewhere

478live and work here

1,062work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brush goes to work

Fort Morgan7.8 mi away

28%706

Brush (in town)right here

19%478

Denver74.3 mi away

7%166

Greeley60.7 mi away

4%112

Aurora68.8 mi away

2%60

Colorado Springs113.3 mi away

2%52

Sterling34.2 mi away

2%44

Westminster79.8 mi away

2%43

Loveland75.9 mi away

2%41

Commerce City66.6 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%805

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

How far

How far Brush commutes

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

50%

43%

50%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brush is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brush are

1,540 jobs are based in Brush. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brush’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brush

1,540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Brush residents hold

2,544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+1%

Jobs based in Brush, 2013 → 2023: 1,527 → 1,540. 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.