Work & commute · Four Square Mile

Work & commute in Four Square Mile, CO

Most working residents leave Four Square Mile for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (39%), Aurora (15%) and Centennial (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

255 of 10,173 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,918 Four Square Mile residents head out of town to work, 255 work right here, and 5,885 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Four Square Mile.

9,918live here, work elsewhere

255live and work here

5,885work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Four Square Mile goes to work

Denver5.6 mi away

39%3,969

Aurora9.1 mi away

15%1,549

Centennial6.4 mi away

5%464

Greenwood Village4.7 mi away

4%456

Lakewood12.3 mi away

3%273

Four Square Mile (in town)right here

3%255

Colorado Springs56.6 mi away

2%197

Englewood6.1 mi away

2%166

Lone Tree10.4 mi away

1%152

Boulder30.6 mi away

1%145

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%2,547

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

How far

How far Four Square Mile commutes

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

72%

18%

72%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Four Square Mile is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Four Square Mile are

6,140 jobs are based in Four Square Mile. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Four Square Mile’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Four Square Mile

6,140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Four Square Mile residents hold

10,173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+24%

Jobs based in Four Square Mile, 2013 → 2023: 4,970 → 6,140. 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.