Work & commute · Red Feather Lakes

Work & commute in Red Feather Lakes, CO

Most working residents leave Red Feather Lakes for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Collins (13%), Denver (10%) and Wellington (2%). Half commute less than 61 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 134 working residents

Typical commute

61 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 127 Red Feather Lakes residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Feather Lakes.

127live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Red Feather Lakes goes to work

Fort Collins32.4 mi away

13%17

Denver81.2 mi away

10%14

Red Feather Lakes (in town)right here

5%7

Wellington31 mi away

2%3

Avon94.6 mi away

2%3

Golden76.2 mi away

2%3

Loveland38.3 mi away

2%3

Westminster69.8 mi away

2%3

Aurora88.5 mi away

2%3

Lafayette61.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%76

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

How far

How far Red Feather Lakes commutes

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

15%

25%

56%

15%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

56%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Red Feather Lakes is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Feather Lakes are

62 jobs are based in Red Feather Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Red Feather Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Red Feather Lakes

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Red Feather Lakes residents hold

134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+11%

Jobs based in Red Feather Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 62. 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.