Work & commute · Kersey

Work & commute in Kersey, CO

Most working residents leave Kersey for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Greeley (19%), Denver (8%) and Evans (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 705 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 639 Kersey residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 522 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kersey.

639live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

522work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kersey goes to work

Greeley10.2 mi away

19%134

Kersey (in town)right here

9%66

Denver46.6 mi away

8%58

Evans9.5 mi away

4%26

Loveland25.5 mi away

3%24

Aurora48 mi away

3%23

Fort Collins27.7 mi away

3%23

Colorado Springs106 mi away

2%15

Eaton11.4 mi away

2%11

Westminster43.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%315

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

How far

How far Kersey commutes

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

40%

18%

27%

14%

40%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kersey is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kersey are

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

Jobs based in Kersey

588 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Kersey residents hold

705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+7%

Jobs based in Kersey, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 588. 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.