Work & commute · Estes Park

Work & commute in Estes Park, CO

47% of Estes Park’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Denver (6%), Fort Collins (3%) and Boulder (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47%

1,230 of 2,606 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,376 Estes Park residents head out of town to work, 1,230 work right here, and 2,352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Estes Park.

1,376live here, work elsewhere

1,230live and work here

2,352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Estes Park goes to work

Estes Park (in town)right here

47%1,230

Denver54.2 mi away

6%151

Fort Collins27.5 mi away

3%81

Boulder28 mi away

3%75

Loveland24.9 mi away

2%41

Lakewood51.2 mi away

1%39

Colorado Springs111.6 mi away

1%36

Longmont26.6 mi away

1%31

Aurora62.6 mi away

1%26

Commerce City51.4 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%873

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

How far

How far Estes Park commutes

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

59%

18%

20%

59%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Estes Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Estes Park are

3,582 jobs are based in Estes Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Estes Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Estes Park

3,582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Estes Park residents hold

2,606 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+36%

Jobs based in Estes Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,642 → 3,582. 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.