Work & commute · Flagler

Work & commute in Flagler, CO

Most working residents leave Flagler for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (11%), Stratton (10%) and Denver (5%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

24 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 205 Flagler residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flagler.

205live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flagler goes to work

Burlington42.4 mi away

11%26

Stratton24.7 mi away

10%24

Flagler (in town)right here

10%24

Denver102 mi away

5%12

Colorado Springs95.7 mi away

3%8

Centennial98.1 mi away

3%6

Aurora92.8 mi away

3%6

Hugo24.5 mi away

2%5

Yuma60 mi away

2%5

Seibert10.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%109

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

How far

How far Flagler commutes

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

13%

17%

22%

48%

13%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flagler is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Flagler are

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

Jobs based in Flagler

237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Flagler residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−10%

Jobs based in Flagler, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 237. 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.