Work & commute · Stepping Stone

Work & commute in Stepping Stone, CO

Most working residents leave Stepping Stone for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (26%), Centennial (9%) and Greenwood Village (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 1,468 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

46%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,461 Stepping Stone residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stepping Stone.

1,461live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stepping Stone goes to work

Denver17.4 mi away

26%378

Centennial5.7 mi away

9%128

Greenwood Village8.5 mi away

8%114

Lone Tree2.8 mi away

6%83

Aurora14.5 mi away

5%79

Meridian2.7 mi away

5%69

Highlands Ranch8.1 mi away

4%52

Colorado Springs44.9 mi away

3%47

Lakewood20.2 mi away

3%41

Littleton11.8 mi away

3%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%438

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

How far

How far Stepping Stone commutes

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

46%

39%

11%

46%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stepping Stone is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stepping Stone are

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

Jobs based in Stepping Stone

127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Stepping Stone residents hold

1,468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month81%

+4133%

Jobs based in Stepping Stone, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 127. 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.