Work & commute · Derby

Work & commute in Derby, CO

Most working residents leave Derby for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (25%), Commerce City (14%) and Aurora (10%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 3,367 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,343 Derby residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 1,382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Derby.

3,343live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

1,382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Derby goes to work

Denver5.8 mi away

25%854

Commerce City7.1 mi away

14%465

Aurora13.8 mi away

10%324

Thornton5.7 mi away

4%131

North Washington4.1 mi away

3%113

Westminster8.2 mi away

3%102

Broomfield10.6 mi away

3%96

Centennial17.5 mi away

3%86

Lakewood14.5 mi away

2%79

Arvada12.4 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,060

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

How far

How far Derby commutes

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

56%

34%

56%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Derby is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Derby are

1,406 jobs are based in Derby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Derby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Derby

1,406 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Derby residents hold

3,367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+66%

Jobs based in Derby, 2013 → 2023: 847 → 1,406. 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.