Work & commute · Copper Mountain

Work & commute in Copper Mountain, CO

About one in 5 of Copper Mountain’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Frisco (9%), Denver (9%) and Breckenridge (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

84 of 388 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

7 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 304 Copper Mountain residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 1,434 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copper Mountain.

304live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

1,434work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Copper Mountain goes to work

Copper Mountain (in town)right here

22%84

Frisco9.1 mi away

9%35

Denver73 mi away

9%33

Breckenridge8.6 mi away

8%30

Colorado Springs87.9 mi away

3%12

Vail14.1 mi away

3%10

Aurora80.5 mi away

3%10

Keystone16.9 mi away

2%9

Dillon13.4 mi away

2%7

Centennial71.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%151

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

How far

How far Copper Mountain commutes

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

48%

11%

37%

48%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Copper Mountain is a job hub

3.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Copper Mountain are

1,518 jobs are based in Copper Mountain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Copper Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Copper Mountain

1,518 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Copper Mountain residents hold

388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+14%

Jobs based in Copper Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 1,336 → 1,518. 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.