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Work & commute in Platteville, CO

Most working residents leave Platteville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (11%), Longmont (8%) and Greeley (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
35 of 1,433 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,398 Platteville residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Platteville.

1,398live here, work elsewhere
35live and work here
423work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Platteville goes to work

PlattevilleEvansFort LuptonJohnstownWindsorBrightonLovelandThorntonCommerce CityLongmontBoulderAuroraFort CollinsGreeleyDenverDenverLongmontGreeleyLovelandBrightonAuroraCommerce CityBoulderFort CollinsPlatteville
1
Denver32 mi away
11%152
2
Longmont14.8 mi away
8%120
3
Greeley13.6 mi away
8%108
4
Loveland18.2 mi away
3%49
5
Brighton17.9 mi away
3%40
6
Aurora35.9 mi away
3%37
7
Platteville (in town)right here
2%35
8
Commerce City23.6 mi away
2%35
9
Boulder26.1 mi away
2%35
10
Fort Collins25.7 mi away
2%34
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%788

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

How far

How far Platteville commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
35%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Platteville is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Platteville are

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

Jobs based in Platteville

458 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)48%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)22%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Platteville residents hold

1,433 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month68%
+39%

Jobs based in Platteville, 2013 → 2023: 329 → 458. 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.

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