Work & commute · Gunbarrel

Work & commute in Gunbarrel, CO

Most working residents leave Gunbarrel for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Boulder (40%), Denver (9%) and Longmont (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

115 of 4,009 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

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,894 Gunbarrel residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 976 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gunbarrel.

3,894live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

976work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gunbarrel goes to work

Boulder5 mi away

40%1,610

Denver25.9 mi away

9%361

Longmont8.1 mi away

5%205

Broomfield9.9 mi away

4%155

Louisville6.7 mi away

3%138

Gunbarrel (in town)right here

3%115

Lafayette6.1 mi away

3%109

Westminster14 mi away

2%98

Aurora34.2 mi away

2%78

Colorado Springs85.5 mi away

2%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,072

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

How far

How far Gunbarrel commutes

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

63%

18%

14%

63%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gunbarrel is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gunbarrel are

1,091 jobs are based in Gunbarrel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gunbarrel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gunbarrel

1,091 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Gunbarrel residents hold

4,009 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+54%

Jobs based in Gunbarrel, 2013 → 2023: 707 → 1,091. 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.