Work & commute · Upper Bear Creek

Work & commute in Upper Bear Creek, CO

Most working residents leave Upper Bear Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (21%), Lakewood (9%) and Evergreen (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 498 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

48%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 490 Upper Bear Creek residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Bear Creek.

490live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Bear Creek goes to work

Denver29.6 mi away

21%103

Lakewood16.3 mi away

9%44

Evergreen3.9 mi away

7%33

Aurora37.1 mi away

4%20

Boulder28.7 mi away

3%16

Greenwood Village26.5 mi away

3%13

Centennial29.2 mi away

2%12

Arvada19.9 mi away

2%10

Westminster25.5 mi away

2%10

Golden13.3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%228

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

How far

How far Upper Bear Creek commutes

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

18%

42%

35%

18%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Bear Creek 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 Upper Bear Creek are

102 jobs are based in Upper Bear Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Bear Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Bear Creek

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Upper Bear Creek residents hold

498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−48%

Jobs based in Upper Bear Creek, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 102. 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.