Work & commute · Mead

Work & commute in Mead, CO

Most working residents leave Mead for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Longmont (19%), Denver (11%) and Boulder (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

129 of 3,397 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,268 Mead residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 2,161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mead.

3,268live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

2,161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mead goes to work

Longmont7.2 mi away

19%642

Denver32.6 mi away

11%389

Boulder19.7 mi away

8%265

Loveland13.7 mi away

4%144

Mead (in town)right here

4%129

Aurora38.5 mi away

4%128

Broomfield19.2 mi away

3%90

Fort Collins22.6 mi away

3%86

Frederick8.4 mi away

2%77

Westminster24.3 mi away

2%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,373

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

How far

How far Mead commutes

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

27%

36%

31%

27%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mead is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mead are

2,290 jobs are based in Mead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mead

2,290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Mead residents hold

3,397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+45%

Jobs based in Mead, 2013 → 2023: 1,574 → 2,290. 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.