Work & commute · Fort Lupton

Work & commute in Fort Lupton, CO

Most working residents leave Fort Lupton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (13%), Brighton (7%) and Commerce City (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

409 of 4,895 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 4,486 Fort Lupton residents head out of town to work, 409 work right here, and 3,193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Lupton.

4,486live here, work elsewhere

409live and work here

3,193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Lupton goes to work

Denver22.6 mi away

13%653

Fort Lupton (in town)right here

8%409

Brighton8.2 mi away

7%364

Commerce City13.9 mi away

6%286

Aurora26.2 mi away

5%253

Greeley22.9 mi away

3%155

Longmont16.8 mi away

3%152

Thornton13.4 mi away

3%142

Boulder24 mi away

3%138

Westminster19.6 mi away

2%115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,228

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

How far

How far Fort Lupton commutes

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

21%

45%

29%

21%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Lupton is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Lupton are

3,602 jobs are based in Fort Lupton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Lupton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Lupton

3,602 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Fort Lupton residents hold

4,895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+24%

Jobs based in Fort Lupton, 2013 → 2023: 2,912 → 3,602. 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.