Work & commute · Oak Creek

Work & commute in Oak Creek, CO

Most working residents leave Oak Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Steamboat Springs (44%), Denver (5%) and Fort Collins (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 362 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 351 Oak Creek residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Creek.

351live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Creek goes to work

Steamboat Springs15.6 mi away

44%161

Denver115.4 mi away

5%18

Oak Creek (in town)right here

3%11

Fort Collins101.4 mi away

2%8

Hayden22.1 mi away

2%7

Eagle44.2 mi away

2%6

Loveland100.3 mi away

1%5

Westminster103.9 mi away

1%5

Boulder91.8 mi away

1%5

Louisville98.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%132

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

How far

How far Oak Creek commutes

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

52%

36%

8%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Creek is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Creek are

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

Jobs based in Oak Creek

181 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Oak Creek residents hold

362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−24%

Jobs based in Oak Creek, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 181. 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.