Work & commute · Hillrose

Work & commute in Hillrose, CO

Most working residents leave Hillrose for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Brush (17%), Fort Morgan (12%) and Denver (8%). Half commute less than 64 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 156 working residents

Typical commute

64 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 151 Hillrose residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillrose.

151live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillrose goes to work

Brush7.5 mi away

17%27

Fort Morgan14.6 mi away

12%18

Denver81.7 mi away

8%12

Lakewood94.8 mi away

4%7

Hillrose (in town)right here

3%5

Centennial87.3 mi away

3%5

Boulder93.6 mi away

3%5

Commerce City73.9 mi away

3%4

Greeley66 mi away

3%4

Westminster87 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%66

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

How far

How far Hillrose commutes

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

26%

18%

54%

26%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillrose is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillrose are

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

Jobs based in Hillrose

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Hillrose residents hold

156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+1900%

Jobs based in Hillrose, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 160. 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.