Work & commute · Cripple Creek

Work & commute in Cripple Creek, CO

About one in 3 of Cripple Creek’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (8%), Victor (7%) and Denver (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

166 of 469 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 303 Cripple Creek residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 1,190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cripple Creek.

303live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

1,190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cripple Creek goes to work

Cripple Creek (in town)right here

35%166

Colorado Springs24.3 mi away

8%39

Victor3.5 mi away

7%35

Denver72 mi away

6%26

Woodland Park18.7 mi away

3%13

Lakewood65.9 mi away

2%11

Four Square Mile66.5 mi away

2%8

Pueblo45.3 mi away

1%7

Greenwood Village61.8 mi away

1%4

Grand Junction183.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%156

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

How far

How far Cripple Creek commutes

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

51%

15%

27%

51%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cripple Creek is a job hub

2.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cripple Creek are

1,356 jobs are based in Cripple Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cripple Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cripple Creek

1,356 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Cripple Creek residents hold

469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−46%

Jobs based in Cripple Creek, 2013 → 2023: 2,507 → 1,356. 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.