Work & commute · Dacono

Work & commute in Dacono, CO

Most working residents leave Dacono for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (14%), Longmont (8%) and Boulder (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61 of 3,649 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,588 Dacono residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 918 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dacono.

3,588live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

918work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dacono goes to work

Denver21.2 mi away

14%507

Longmont10.7 mi away

8%282

Boulder16.2 mi away

7%263

Aurora27.4 mi away

5%183

Thornton10 mi away

4%162

Westminster14 mi away

4%145

Broomfield9.3 mi away

3%117

Frederick3.1 mi away

3%114

Lafayette9.3 mi away

3%101

Fort Collins34 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,692

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

How far

How far Dacono commutes

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

19%

54%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dacono is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dacono are

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

Jobs based in Dacono

979 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Dacono residents hold

3,649 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+94%

Jobs based in Dacono, 2013 → 2023: 504 → 979. 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.