Work & commute · Federal Heights

Work & commute in Federal Heights, CO

Most working residents leave Federal Heights for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (21%), Aurora (7%) and Thornton (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

90 of 5,559 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 5,469 Federal Heights residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 2,450 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Federal Heights.

5,469live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

2,450work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Federal Heights goes to work

Denver10.1 mi away

21%1,183

Aurora19 mi away

7%410

Thornton5.5 mi away

7%385

Westminster2.7 mi away

6%359

Lakewood12.7 mi away

4%214

Commerce City11.8 mi away

4%203

Broomfield6.4 mi away

4%198

Arvada7.5 mi away

3%187

Boulder16.7 mi away

3%178

North Washington4.4 mi away

3%146

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,096

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

How far

How far Federal Heights commutes

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

51%

39%

51%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Federal Heights is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Federal Heights are

2,540 jobs are based in Federal Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Federal Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Federal Heights

2,540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Federal Heights residents hold

5,559 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−5%

Jobs based in Federal Heights, 2013 → 2023: 2,672 → 2,540. 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.