Work & commute · Fraser

Work & commute in Fraser, CO

Most working residents leave Fraser for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Winter Park (30%), Denver (10%) and Colorado Springs (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

81 of 678 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 597 Fraser residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 714 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fraser.

597live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

714work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fraser goes to work

Winter Park3.3 mi away

30%202

Fraser (in town)right here

12%81

Denver50.5 mi away

10%66

Colorado Springs91.9 mi away

3%22

Granby11.5 mi away

2%15

Aurora59.6 mi away

2%14

Kremmling31.5 mi away

1%10

Fort Collins58.5 mi away

1%9

Boulder30.4 mi away

1%8

Lakewood39.8 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%244

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

How far

How far Fraser commutes

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

46%

23%

27%

46%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fraser is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fraser are

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

Jobs based in Fraser

795 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Fraser residents hold

678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+46%

Jobs based in Fraser, 2013 → 2023: 544 → 795. 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.