Work & commute · Grand Lake

Work & commute in Grand Lake, CO

Most working residents leave Grand Lake for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Granby (8%), Denver (6%) and Winter Park (6%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 171 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 158 Grand Lake residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Lake.

158live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Lake goes to work

Granby13.5 mi away

8%14

Grand Lake (in town)right here

8%13

Denver60.2 mi away

6%11

Winter Park25.5 mi away

6%10

Colorado Springs110.9 mi away

5%8

Kremmling32 mi away

4%7

Westminster47.7 mi away

2%4

Boulder34 mi away

2%4

Lakewood53.3 mi away

2%3

Centennial68.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%94

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

How far

How far Grand Lake commutes

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

14%

25%

20%

42%

14%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Lake is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Lake are

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

Jobs based in Grand Lake

266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Grand Lake residents hold

171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+29%

Jobs based in Grand Lake, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 266. 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.