Work & commute · Palmer Lake

Work & commute in Palmer Lake, CO

Most working residents leave Palmer Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (42%), Monument (7%) and Denver (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 952 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 931 Palmer Lake residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmer Lake.

931live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

668work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmer Lake goes to work

Colorado Springs18.7 mi away

42%402

Monument4.2 mi away

7%62

Denver44.8 mi away

6%60

Woodmoor3.4 mi away

6%53

Castle Rock18.4 mi away

3%25

Palmer Lake (in town)right here

2%21

Aurora42.3 mi away

2%20

Greenwood Village34.7 mi away

2%17

Lakewood42 mi away

1%14

Centennial33 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%266

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

How far

How far Palmer Lake commutes

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

20%

46%

21%

13%

20%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmer Lake is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmer Lake are

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

Jobs based in Palmer Lake

689 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Palmer Lake residents hold

952 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+42%

Jobs based in Palmer Lake, 2013 → 2023: 484 → 689. 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.