Work & commute · Superior

Work & commute in Superior, CO

Most working residents leave Superior for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Boulder (20%), Denver (19%) and Broomfield (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

267 of 6,472 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,205 Superior residents head out of town to work, 267 work right here, and 2,523 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Superior.

6,205live here, work elsewhere

267live and work here

2,523work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Superior goes to work

Boulder8.1 mi away

20%1,306

Denver18.8 mi away

19%1,240

Broomfield5.9 mi away

7%431

Louisville2.8 mi away

5%319

Westminster6.3 mi away

5%307

Superior (in town)right here

4%267

Aurora27.9 mi away

3%218

Lakewood16.2 mi away

2%160

Lafayette5.4 mi away

2%146

Longmont16.7 mi away

2%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,946

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

How far

How far Superior commutes

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

49%

36%

10%

49%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Superior is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Superior are

2,790 jobs are based in Superior. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Superior’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Superior

2,790 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Superior residents hold

6,472 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+53%

Jobs based in Superior, 2013 → 2023: 1,827 → 2,790. 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.