Work & commute · Johnstown

Work & commute in Johnstown, CO

Most working residents leave Johnstown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Loveland (12%), Fort Collins (11%) and Denver (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

604 of 9,478 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,874 Johnstown residents head out of town to work, 604 work right here, and 5,541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnstown.

8,874live here, work elsewhere

604live and work here

5,541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnstown goes to work

Loveland11 mi away

12%1,101

Fort Collins18.5 mi away

11%1,009

Denver37.7 mi away

9%813

Greeley10.4 mi away

8%719

Johnstown (in town)right here

6%604

Longmont13.9 mi away

6%527

Aurora42.5 mi away

3%291

Boulder26.5 mi away

3%280

Windsor11.8 mi away

3%251

Westminster30.6 mi away

2%166

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%3,717

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

How far

How far Johnstown commutes

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

27%

33%

29%

11%

27%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnstown is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnstown are

6,145 jobs are based in Johnstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Johnstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Johnstown

6,145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Johnstown residents hold

9,478 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+86%

Jobs based in Johnstown, 2013 → 2023: 3,302 → 6,145. 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.