Work & commute · Sterling Ranch

Work & commute in Sterling Ranch, CO

Most working residents leave Sterling Ranch for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (27%), Lakewood (7%) and Aurora (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 1,678 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,648 Sterling Ranch residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sterling Ranch.

1,648live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sterling Ranch goes to work

Denver20.6 mi away

27%446

Lakewood14.7 mi away

7%117

Aurora22.9 mi away

6%108

Greenwood Village11.1 mi away

6%96

Highlands Ranch5.3 mi away

5%92

Centennial11.9 mi away

5%80

Littleton6.9 mi away

4%68

Castle Rock13.2 mi away

4%63

Lone Tree9.8 mi away

2%39

Englewood11 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%538

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

How far

How far Sterling Ranch commutes

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

28%

64%

28%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sterling Ranch is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sterling Ranch are

169 jobs are based in Sterling Ranch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sterling Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sterling Ranch

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Sterling Ranch residents hold

1,678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+1200%

Jobs based in Sterling Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 169. 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.