Work & commute · Gilcrest

Work & commute in Gilcrest, CO

Most working residents leave Gilcrest for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greeley (14%), Denver (9%) and Fort Collins (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 476 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 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 469 Gilcrest residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilcrest.

469live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilcrest goes to work

Greeley9 mi away

14%69

Denver36.5 mi away

9%41

Fort Collins23.6 mi away

5%26

Loveland17.4 mi away

5%22

La Salle6 mi away

3%16

Aurora39.8 mi away

3%14

Johnstown7 mi away

3%13

Evans4.9 mi away

3%12

Longmont18.6 mi away

2%10

Windsor15.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%244

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

How far

How far Gilcrest commutes

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

26%

36%

29%

26%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilcrest is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilcrest are

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

Jobs based in Gilcrest

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Gilcrest residents hold

476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+335%

Jobs based in Gilcrest, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 213. 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.