Work & commute · Loveland

Work & commute in Loveland, CO

About one in 4 of Loveland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Collins (19%), Denver (7%) and Greeley (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

7,853 of 34,559 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26,706 Loveland residents head out of town to work, 7,853 work right here, and 29,087 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loveland.

26,706live here, work elsewhere

7,853live and work here

29,087work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loveland goes to work

Loveland (in town)right here

23%7,853

Fort Collins9.1 mi away

19%6,536

Denver46.3 mi away

7%2,352

Greeley15.4 mi away

5%1,655

Longmont17.3 mi away

5%1,635

Boulder28.9 mi away

3%1,075

Aurora52.1 mi away

2%791

Windsor8.9 mi away

2%740

Johnstown11 mi away

2%655

Colorado Springs108.3 mi away

2%625

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%10,642

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

How far

How far Loveland commutes

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

39%

28%

19%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loveland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Loveland are

36,940 jobs are based in Loveland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Loveland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Loveland

36,940 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Loveland residents hold

34,559 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+29%

Jobs based in Loveland, 2013 → 2023: 28,727 → 36,940. 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.