Work & commute · Nederland

Work & commute in Nederland, CO

Most working residents leave Nederland for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Boulder (19%), Denver (14%) and Aurora (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

73 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

45%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 544 Nederland residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 575 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nederland.

544live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

575work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nederland goes to work

Boulder14.1 mi away

19%119

Denver36 mi away

14%88

Nederland (in town)right here

12%73

Aurora45.2 mi away

4%26

Broomfield24.1 mi away

3%16

Longmont25.7 mi away

2%14

Louisville19.2 mi away

2%12

Westminster24.2 mi away

2%12

Lafayette21.6 mi away

2%10

Centennial42.8 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%237

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

How far

How far Nederland commutes

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

22%

36%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nederland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nederland are

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

Jobs based in Nederland

648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Nederland residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+50%

Jobs based in Nederland, 2013 → 2023: 431 → 648. 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.