Work & commute · Glendale

Work & commute in Glendale, CO

Most working residents leave Glendale for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (47%), Aurora (9%) and Greenwood Village (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

90 of 2,503 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,413 Glendale residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 9,973 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glendale.

2,413live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

9,973work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glendale goes to work

Denver5 mi away

47%1,184

Aurora11.5 mi away

9%226

Greenwood Village6.2 mi away

5%122

Centennial8.7 mi away

4%98

Glendale (in town)right here

4%90

Englewood5 mi away

2%55

Highlands Ranch11.3 mi away

2%48

Lakewood9.6 mi away

2%47

Littleton9 mi away

2%42

Colorado Springs58.5 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%553

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

How far

How far Glendale commutes

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

75%

18%

75%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glendale is a job hub

4.02jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Glendale are

10,063 jobs are based in Glendale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glendale

10,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Glendale residents hold

2,503 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−5%

Jobs based in Glendale, 2013 → 2023: 10,560 → 10,063. 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.