Work & commute · Sheridan

Work & commute in Sheridan, CO

Most working residents leave Sheridan for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (30%), Englewood (7%) and Lakewood (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

88 of 2,728 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,640 Sheridan residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 7,755 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheridan.

2,640live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

7,755work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sheridan goes to work

Denver10.8 mi away

30%821

Englewood1.3 mi away

7%192

Lakewood6.3 mi away

7%187

Aurora16.5 mi away

7%184

Littleton3.9 mi away

6%159

Centennial9.2 mi away

4%115

Sheridan (in town)right here

3%88

Greenwood Village6.1 mi away

3%84

Colorado Springs55.6 mi away

2%68

Highlands Ranch7.8 mi away

2%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%765

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

How far

How far Sheridan commutes

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

66%

24%

66%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sheridan is a job hub

2.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sheridan are

7,843 jobs are based in Sheridan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sheridan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sheridan

7,843 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Sheridan residents hold

2,728 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+35%

Jobs based in Sheridan, 2013 → 2023: 5,824 → 7,843. 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.