Work & commute · Severance

Work & commute in Severance, CO

Most working residents leave Severance for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Collins (23%), Greeley (9%) and Denver (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 5,306 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,204 Severance residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Severance.

5,204live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Severance goes to work

Fort Collins11 mi away

23%1,216

Greeley8 mi away

9%493

Denver51.4 mi away

8%408

Loveland12.2 mi away

8%400

Windsor3.3 mi away

7%378

Aurora55.5 mi away

3%161

Severance (in town)right here

2%102

Boulder39 mi away

2%96

Johnstown14 mi away

2%85

Longmont26.5 mi away

2%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,883

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

How far

How far Severance commutes

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

28%

35%

13%

25%

28%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Severance is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Severance are

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

Jobs based in Severance

531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Severance residents hold

5,306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+128%

Jobs based in Severance, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 531. 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.