Work & commute · Ken Caryl

Work & commute in Ken Caryl, CO

Most working residents leave Ken Caryl for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (23%), Lakewood (11%) and Aurora (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,012 of 17,843 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,831 Ken Caryl residents head out of town to work, 1,012 work right here, and 9,411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ken Caryl.

16,831live here, work elsewhere

1,012live and work here

9,411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ken Caryl goes to work

Denver17.8 mi away

23%4,161

Lakewood8.4 mi away

11%2,010

Ken Caryl (in town)right here

6%1,012

Aurora22.8 mi away

5%843

Littleton5.1 mi away

5%811

Centennial13.4 mi away

4%790

Greenwood Village11.1 mi away

3%624

Highlands Ranch8 mi away

3%514

Englewood8 mi away

3%453

Colorado Springs52.5 mi away

2%442

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%6,183

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

How far

How far Ken Caryl commutes

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

31%

57%

31%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ken Caryl is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ken Caryl are

10,423 jobs are based in Ken Caryl. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ken Caryl’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ken Caryl

10,423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Ken Caryl residents hold

17,843 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+34%

Jobs based in Ken Caryl, 2013 → 2023: 7,799 → 10,423. 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.