Work & commute · Sherrelwood

Work & commute in Sherrelwood, CO

Most working residents leave Sherrelwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (26%), Aurora (7%) and Westminster (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 8,708 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,606 Sherrelwood residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 1,617 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sherrelwood.

8,606live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

1,617work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sherrelwood goes to work

Denver8.3 mi away

26%2,276

Aurora17.4 mi away

7%627

Westminster4.3 mi away

6%519

Lakewood11.4 mi away

5%438

Thornton6.5 mi away

5%400

Commerce City11.4 mi away

4%310

Arvada7.9 mi away

3%268

North Washington2.4 mi away

3%265

Broomfield8.4 mi away

3%252

Boulder18.4 mi away

3%221

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,132

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

How far

How far Sherrelwood commutes

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

56%

35%

56%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sherrelwood is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sherrelwood are

1,719 jobs are based in Sherrelwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sherrelwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sherrelwood

1,719 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Sherrelwood residents hold

8,708 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+16%

Jobs based in Sherrelwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,487 → 1,719. 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.