Work & commute · Frederick

Work & commute in Frederick, CO

Most working residents leave Frederick for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (14%), Boulder (9%) and Longmont (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

512 of 9,934 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,422 Frederick residents head out of town to work, 512 work right here, and 5,161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frederick.

9,422live here, work elsewhere

512live and work here

5,161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frederick goes to work

Denver24.3 mi away

14%1,379

Boulder15.7 mi away

9%908

Longmont7.9 mi away

9%900

Frederick (in town)right here

5%512

Aurora30.5 mi away

4%424

Broomfield11.3 mi away

4%369

Thornton12.9 mi away

3%335

Westminster16.3 mi away

3%335

Fort Collins30.9 mi away

3%268

Louisville13 mi away

3%258

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,246

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

How far

How far Frederick commutes

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

19%

47%

29%

19%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frederick is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frederick are

5,673 jobs are based in Frederick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frederick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frederick

5,673 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Frederick residents hold

9,934 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+108%

Jobs based in Frederick, 2013 → 2023: 2,722 → 5,673. 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.