Work & commute · Mountain View

Work & commute in Mountain View, CO

Most working residents leave Mountain View for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (38%), Wheat Ridge (6%) and Lakewood (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 257 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 256 Mountain View residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain View.

256live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain View goes to work

Denver9.4 mi away

38%98

Wheat Ridge2.6 mi away

6%16

Lakewood6.2 mi away

6%15

Arvada6.4 mi away

5%13

Westminster7.3 mi away

4%10

Aurora18.4 mi away

3%8

Boulder20.1 mi away

3%7

Colorado Springs64.7 mi away

2%6

Englewood9.4 mi away

2%5

Greenwood Village13.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%74

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

How far

How far Mountain View commutes

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

70%

21%

70%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain View is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain View are

229 jobs are based in Mountain View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountain View

229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Mountain View residents hold

257 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+67%

Jobs based in Mountain View, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 229. 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.