Work & commute · Castle Rock

Work & commute in Castle Rock, CO

Most working residents leave Castle Rock for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (19%), Centennial (7%) and Aurora (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

6,224 of 39,533 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 33,309 Castle Rock residents head out of town to work, 6,224 work right here, and 18,483 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castle Rock.

33,309live here, work elsewhere

6,224live and work here

18,483work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castle Rock goes to work

Denver26.7 mi away

19%7,543

Castle Rock (in town)right here

16%6,224

Centennial14.8 mi away

7%2,584

Aurora24.1 mi away

6%2,462

Greenwood Village16.9 mi away

6%2,200

Lone Tree10.7 mi away

3%1,274

Parker9.9 mi away

3%1,237

Colorado Springs35.5 mi away

3%1,206

Lakewood26.4 mi away

3%1,117

Highlands Ranch13 mi away

3%1,088

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%12,598

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

How far

How far Castle Rock commutes

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

21%

49%

24%

21%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castle Rock is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Castle Rock are

24,707 jobs are based in Castle Rock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Castle Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Castle Rock

24,707 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Castle Rock residents hold

39,533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+38%

Jobs based in Castle Rock, 2013 → 2023: 17,887 → 24,707. 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.