Work & commute · Lone Tree

Work & commute in Lone Tree, CO

Most working residents leave Lone Tree for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (23%), Centennial (8%) and Greenwood Village (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

622 of 7,278 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,656 Lone Tree residents head out of town to work, 622 work right here, and 21,712 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lone Tree.

6,656live here, work elsewhere

622live and work here

21,712work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lone Tree goes to work

Denver16 mi away

23%1,695

Lone Tree (in town)right here

9%622

Centennial4.1 mi away

8%578

Greenwood Village6.3 mi away

7%531

Aurora14.7 mi away

7%513

Castle Rock10.7 mi away

4%268

Highlands Ranch5.4 mi away

3%244

Colorado Springs46.2 mi away

3%214

Littleton8.9 mi away

3%193

Meridian1.4 mi away

3%192

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,228

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

How far

How far Lone Tree commutes

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

47%

39%

47%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lone Tree is a job hub

3.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lone Tree are

22,334 jobs are based in Lone Tree. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lone Tree’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lone Tree

22,334 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Lone Tree residents hold

7,278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+53%

Jobs based in Lone Tree, 2013 → 2023: 14,628 → 22,334. 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.