Work & commute · Fairmount

Work & commute in Fairmount, CO

Most working residents leave Fairmount for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (24%), Lakewood (11%) and Arvada (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

117 of 4,665 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,548 Fairmount residents head out of town to work, 117 work right here, and 2,365 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairmount.

4,548live here, work elsewhere

117live and work here

2,365work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairmount goes to work

Denver15.5 mi away

24%1,123

Lakewood7.1 mi away

11%524

Arvada3.1 mi away

7%306

Golden4 mi away

5%253

Boulder16.6 mi away

5%216

Wheat Ridge3.8 mi away

4%177

Aurora24.6 mi away

4%167

Westminster8.4 mi away

3%139

Broomfield12.8 mi away

3%128

Fairmount (in town)right here

3%117

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,515

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

How far

How far Fairmount commutes

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

43%

45%

43%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairmount is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairmount are

2,482 jobs are based in Fairmount. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairmount’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairmount

2,482 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Fairmount residents hold

4,665 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−11%

Jobs based in Fairmount, 2013 → 2023: 2,799 → 2,482. 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.