Work & commute · Littleton

Work & commute in Littleton, CO

Most working residents leave Littleton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (26%), Centennial (6%) and Lakewood (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,458 of 22,554 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,096 Littleton residents head out of town to work, 2,458 work right here, and 28,465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Littleton.

20,096live here, work elsewhere

2,458live and work here

28,465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Littleton goes to work

Denver14 mi away

26%5,969

Littleton (in town)right here

11%2,458

Centennial8.3 mi away

6%1,301

Lakewood9.1 mi away

5%1,215

Aurora17.9 mi away

5%1,201

Greenwood Village6 mi away

5%1,071

Highlands Ranch4.3 mi away

4%815

Englewood4.1 mi away

3%693

Colorado Springs51.9 mi away

2%530

Lone Tree8.9 mi away

2%406

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%6,895

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

How far

How far Littleton commutes

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

57%

32%

57%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Littleton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Littleton are

30,923 jobs are based in Littleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Littleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Littleton

30,923 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Littleton residents hold

22,554 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+5%

Jobs based in Littleton, 2013 → 2023: 29,430 → 30,923. 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.