Work & commute · Silverthorne

Work & commute in Silverthorne, CO

Most working residents leave Silverthorne for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (9%), Breckenridge (8%) and Frisco (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

279 of 2,097 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,818 Silverthorne residents head out of town to work, 279 work right here, and 1,989 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silverthorne.

1,818live here, work elsewhere

279live and work here

1,989work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silverthorne goes to work

Silverthorne (in town)right here

13%279

Denver64.8 mi away

9%187

Breckenridge11.7 mi away

8%162

Frisco6 mi away

5%100

Dillon3.7 mi away

4%86

Keystone9.4 mi away

3%72

Colorado Springs90.1 mi away

3%70

Copper Mountain14.2 mi away

3%69

Boulder51.1 mi away

3%61

Avon22.5 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%967

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

How far

How far Silverthorne commutes

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

36%

18%

41%

36%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silverthorne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Silverthorne are

2,268 jobs are based in Silverthorne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silverthorne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Silverthorne

2,268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Silverthorne residents hold

2,097 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+21%

Jobs based in Silverthorne, 2013 → 2023: 1,875 → 2,268. 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.