Work & commute · Shaw Heights

Work & commute in Shaw Heights, CO

Most working residents leave Shaw Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (24%), Westminster (10%) and Boulder (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 2,309 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,292 Shaw Heights residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 1,497 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shaw Heights.

2,292live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

1,497work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shaw Heights goes to work

Denver10.7 mi away

24%563

Westminster2 mi away

10%226

Boulder16.1 mi away

5%125

Thornton6.8 mi away

5%117

Lakewood11.7 mi away

5%109

Aurora19.8 mi away

5%105

Arvada6.1 mi away

4%97

Broomfield6.7 mi away

4%90

Wheat Ridge6.8 mi away

2%53

Commerce City13.1 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%772

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

How far

How far Shaw Heights commutes

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

55%

37%

55%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shaw Heights is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shaw Heights are

1,514 jobs are based in Shaw Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shaw Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shaw Heights

1,514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Shaw Heights residents hold

2,309 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−2%

Jobs based in Shaw Heights, 2013 → 2023: 1,546 → 1,514. 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.