Work & commute · Welby

Work & commute in Welby, CO

Most working residents leave Welby for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (27%), Aurora (7%) and Thornton (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 7,579 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,490 Welby residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 3,596 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Welby.

7,490live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

3,596work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Welby goes to work

Denver7 mi away

27%2,023

Aurora15.8 mi away

7%544

Thornton5.7 mi away

6%485

Westminster5.8 mi away

5%391

Commerce City9.5 mi away

5%350

North Washington2.4 mi away

4%327

Lakewood12.7 mi away

4%307

Arvada9.8 mi away

3%234

Broomfield9.1 mi away

3%193

Boulder19.8 mi away

2%151

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,574

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

How far

How far Welby commutes

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

56%

35%

56%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Welby is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Welby are

3,685 jobs are based in Welby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Welby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Welby

3,685 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Welby residents hold

7,579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+3%

Jobs based in Welby, 2013 → 2023: 3,562 → 3,685. 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.