Work & commute · Centennial

Work & commute in Centennial, CO

Most working residents leave Centennial for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (27%), Aurora (11%) and Greenwood Village (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

5,566 of 52,434 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 46,868 Centennial residents head out of town to work, 5,566 work right here, and 65,533 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centennial.

46,868live here, work elsewhere

5,566live and work here

65,533work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centennial goes to work

Denver11.9 mi away

27%14,089

Aurora11.2 mi away

11%5,640

Centennial (in town)right here

11%5,566

Greenwood Village3.1 mi away

9%4,704

Littleton8.3 mi away

4%2,133

Lakewood15.5 mi away

3%1,343

Highlands Ranch6.6 mi away

3%1,342

Lone Tree4.1 mi away

2%1,185

Colorado Springs50.3 mi away

2%1,151

Parker7.5 mi away

2%980

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%14,301

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

How far

How far Centennial commutes

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

55%

34%

55%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centennial is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Centennial are

71,099 jobs are based in Centennial. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centennial’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Centennial

71,099 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Centennial residents hold

52,434 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+26%

Jobs based in Centennial, 2013 → 2023: 56,305 → 71,099. 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.