Work & commute · Ellicott

Work & commute in Ellicott, CO

Most working residents leave Ellicott for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (44%), Denver (6%) and Cimarron Hills (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 457 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 445 Ellicott residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 327 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellicott.

445live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

327work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellicott goes to work

Colorado Springs20.5 mi away

44%200

Denver70 mi away

6%27

Cimarron Hills17.2 mi away

3%12

Ellicott (in town)right here

3%12

Fountain18.6 mi away

2%11

Aurora63.7 mi away

2%10

Centennial58.8 mi away

2%9

Westminster81.4 mi away

2%9

Greenwood Village61.5 mi away

1%6

Security-Widefield18.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%155

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

How far

How far Ellicott commutes

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

54%

32%

5%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellicott is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellicott are

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

Jobs based in Ellicott

339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Ellicott residents hold

457 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+78%

Jobs based in Ellicott, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 339. 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.