Work & commute · Greeley

Work & commute in Greeley, CO

About one in 3 of Greeley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Denver (8%), Fort Collins (6%) and Loveland (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

16,787 of 51,648 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 34,861 Greeley residents head out of town to work, 16,787 work right here, and 25,633 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greeley.

34,861live here, work elsewhere

16,787live and work here

25,633work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greeley goes to work

Greeley (in town)right here

33%16,787

Denver45.4 mi away

8%4,158

Fort Collins18 mi away

6%2,922

Loveland15.4 mi away

5%2,759

Aurora48.7 mi away

3%1,670

Windsor8.8 mi away

3%1,399

Evans4.6 mi away

2%917

Longmont24.3 mi away

2%874

Colorado Springs106.9 mi away

2%836

Lakewood52.7 mi away

1%723

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%18,603

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

How far

How far Greeley commutes

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

42%

19%

21%

18%

42%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greeley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greeley are

42,420 jobs are based in Greeley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greeley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greeley

42,420 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Greeley residents hold

51,648 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+7%

Jobs based in Greeley, 2013 → 2023: 39,748 → 42,420. 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.