Work & commute · Parker

Work & commute in Parker, CO

Most working residents leave Parker for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (21%), Aurora (9%) and Centennial (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,486 of 31,433 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,947 Parker residents head out of town to work, 2,486 work right here, and 19,608 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parker.

28,947live here, work elsewhere

2,486live and work here

19,608work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parker goes to work

Denver18.5 mi away

21%6,660

Aurora14.4 mi away

9%2,919

Centennial7.5 mi away

8%2,529

Parker (in town)right here

8%2,486

Greenwood Village10.5 mi away

7%2,073

Castle Rock9.9 mi away

5%1,521

Lone Tree5.4 mi away

4%1,159

Colorado Springs44.1 mi away

3%861

Highlands Ranch10.7 mi away

3%803

Lakewood22.6 mi away

2%764

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%9,658

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

How far

How far Parker commutes

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

37%

47%

11%

37%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parker is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parker are

22,094 jobs are based in Parker. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parker’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parker

22,094 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Parker residents hold

31,433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+68%

Jobs based in Parker, 2013 → 2023: 13,135 → 22,094. 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.