Work & commute · Columbine

Work & commute in Columbine, CO

Most working residents leave Columbine for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (24%), Lakewood (10%) and Littleton (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

474 of 12,501 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,027 Columbine residents head out of town to work, 474 work right here, and 3,686 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Columbine.

12,027live here, work elsewhere

474live and work here

3,686work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Columbine goes to work

Denver15.6 mi away

24%3,055

Lakewood8 mi away

10%1,244

Littleton2.6 mi away

6%756

Centennial11 mi away

5%643

Aurora20.3 mi away

5%620

Greenwood Village8.6 mi away

4%521

Columbine (in town)right here

4%474

Highlands Ranch6.2 mi away

3%413

Englewood5.7 mi away

3%327

Ken Caryl2.5 mi away

2%301

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%4,147

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

How far

How far Columbine commutes

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

41%

48%

41%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Columbine is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Columbine are

4,160 jobs are based in Columbine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Columbine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Columbine

4,160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Columbine residents hold

12,501 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+15%

Jobs based in Columbine, 2013 → 2023: 3,605 → 4,160. 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.