Work & commute · Niwot

Work & commute in Niwot, CO

Most working residents leave Niwot for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Boulder (26%), Denver (11%) and Longmont (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

138 of 1,784 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,646 Niwot residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 1,862 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Niwot.

1,646live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

1,862work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Niwot goes to work

Boulder6.9 mi away

26%468

Denver27.3 mi away

11%197

Longmont6 mi away

9%154

Niwot (in town)right here

8%138

Broomfield11.3 mi away

3%53

Westminster15.7 mi away

3%49

Fort Collins31.7 mi away

3%49

Lafayette7.6 mi away

3%47

Louisville8.7 mi away

2%44

Aurora35.3 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%541

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

How far

How far Niwot commutes

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

52%

17%

24%

52%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Niwot is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Niwot are

2,000 jobs are based in Niwot. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Niwot’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Niwot

2,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Niwot residents hold

1,784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+10%

Jobs based in Niwot, 2013 → 2023: 1,810 → 2,000. 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.