Work & commute · Erie

Work & commute in Erie, CO

Most working residents leave Erie for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Boulder (17%), Denver (13%) and Longmont (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

807 of 15,799 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,992 Erie residents head out of town to work, 807 work right here, and 3,625 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Erie.

14,992live here, work elsewhere

807live and work here

3,625work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Erie goes to work

Boulder11.3 mi away

17%2,667

Denver21 mi away

13%2,111

Longmont9.4 mi away

7%1,043

Broomfield6 mi away

6%884

Erie (in town)right here

5%807

Lafayette4.5 mi away

4%705

Louisville7.4 mi away

4%694

Westminster11.1 mi away

4%623

Aurora28.4 mi away

3%532

Thornton9.7 mi away

3%398

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%5,335

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

How far

How far Erie commutes

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

41%

38%

15%

41%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Erie is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Erie are

4,432 jobs are based in Erie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Erie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Erie

4,432 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Erie residents hold

15,799 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+132%

Jobs based in Erie, 2013 → 2023: 1,910 → 4,432. 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.