Work & commute · Hayden

Work & commute in Hayden, CO

Most working residents leave Hayden for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Steamboat Springs (38%), Denver (6%) and Craig (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

105 of 856 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 751 Hayden residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hayden.

751live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hayden goes to work

Steamboat Springs23.2 mi away

38%323

Hayden (in town)right here

12%105

Denver135.6 mi away

6%52

Craig15.4 mi away

5%44

Grand Junction119.1 mi away

2%13

Fort Collins115.6 mi away

1%11

Breckenridge94.2 mi away

1%9

Lakewood126 mi away

1%9

Westminster123.7 mi away

1%9

Loveland115.8 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%274

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

How far

How far Hayden commutes

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

13%

50%

35%

13%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hayden is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hayden are

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

Jobs based in Hayden

491 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Hayden residents hold

856 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−5%

Jobs based in Hayden, 2013 → 2023: 516 → 491. 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.