Work & commute · Deer Trail

Work & commute in Deer Trail, CO

Most working residents leave Deer Trail for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (19%), Aurora (16%) and Byers (5%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 519 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 508 Deer Trail residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deer Trail.

508live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

99work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deer Trail goes to work

Denver45.6 mi away

19%100

Aurora36.6 mi away

16%81

Byers11 mi away

5%26

Commerce City43.9 mi away

4%21

Centennial43.7 mi away

4%21

Strasburg16.3 mi away

4%19

Colorado Springs64.5 mi away

3%17

Bennett22.2 mi away

3%13

Parker39.7 mi away

3%13

Deer Trail (in town)right here

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%197

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

How far

How far Deer Trail commutes

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

14%

50%

33%

3%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deer Trail is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deer Trail are

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

Jobs based in Deer Trail

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Deer Trail residents hold

519 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+13%

Jobs based in Deer Trail, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 110. 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.