Work & commute · Longmont

Work & commute in Longmont, CO

About one in 4 of Longmont’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Boulder (18%), Denver (9%) and Broomfield (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

11,812 of 44,641 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32,829 Longmont residents head out of town to work, 11,812 work right here, and 26,099 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Longmont.

32,829live here, work elsewhere

11,812live and work here

26,099work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Longmont goes to work

Longmont (in town)right here

26%11,812

Boulder12.7 mi away

18%8,060

Denver30.4 mi away

9%3,988

Broomfield15 mi away

3%1,146

Aurora37.5 mi away

2%1,112

Westminster20 mi away

2%1,058

Louisville13.9 mi away

2%1,045

Lafayette12 mi away

2%931

Fort Collins26.3 mi away

2%918

Loveland17.3 mi away

2%809

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%13,762

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

How far

How far Longmont commutes

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

37%

34%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Longmont is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Longmont are

37,911 jobs are based in Longmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Longmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Longmont

37,911 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Longmont residents hold

44,641 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+36%

Jobs based in Longmont, 2013 → 2023: 27,893 → 37,911. 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.