Work & commute · Cherry Creek

Work & commute in Cherry Creek, CO

Most working residents leave Cherry Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (29%), Greenwood Village (12%) and Aurora (10%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 5,541 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,468 Cherry Creek residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 733 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherry Creek.

5,468live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

733work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherry Creek goes to work

Denver10.6 mi away

29%1,614

Greenwood Village2.6 mi away

12%668

Aurora10.3 mi away

10%549

Centennial1.3 mi away

9%503

Lone Tree5.4 mi away

3%160

Colorado Springs51.6 mi away

2%123

Lakewood14.8 mi away

2%122

Inverness2.3 mi away

2%113

Meridian4.4 mi away

2%108

Highlands Ranch7.4 mi away

2%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,480

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

How far

How far Cherry Creek commutes

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

60%

29%

60%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherry Creek is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherry Creek are

806 jobs are based in Cherry Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cherry Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cherry Creek

806 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Cherry Creek residents hold

5,541 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+13%

Jobs based in Cherry Creek, 2013 → 2023: 711 → 806. 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.