Work & commute · Commerce

Work & commute in Commerce, CO

Most working residents leave Commerce for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (28%), Aurora (11%) and Thornton (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

3,295 of 32,619 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29,324 Commerce residents head out of town to work, 3,295 work right here, and 31,973 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Commerce.

29,324live here, work elsewhere

3,295live and work here

31,973work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Commerce goes to work

Denver9.5 mi away

28%8,998

Aurora12.6 mi away

11%3,479

Commerce City (in town)right here

10%3,295

Thornton8.2 mi away

4%1,288

Brighton5.7 mi away

4%1,241

Westminster14.1 mi away

4%1,157

Lakewood21.3 mi away

3%1,009

Centennial20.5 mi away

3%863

North Washington11.1 mi away

2%663

Broomfield14.4 mi away

2%631

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%9,995

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

How far

How far Commerce commutes

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

40%

50%

40%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Commerce is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Commerce are

35,268 jobs are based in Commerce. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Commerce’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Commerce

35,268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Commerce residents hold

32,619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+35%

Jobs based in Commerce, 2013 → 2023: 26,059 → 35,268. 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.