Work & commute · West Pleasant View

Work & commute in West Pleasant View, CO

Most working residents leave West Pleasant View for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (22%), Lakewood (12%) and Golden (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 2,125 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,095 West Pleasant View residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 1,240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Pleasant View.

2,095live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

1,240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Pleasant View goes to work

Denver15.9 mi away

22%458

Lakewood4 mi away

12%254

Golden1.9 mi away

8%165

Aurora24.4 mi away

4%80

Boulder20.6 mi away

4%77

Arvada7.2 mi away

3%67

Applewood1.1 mi away

3%63

Westminster12 mi away

3%59

Centennial19.4 mi away

3%56

Wheat Ridge4.8 mi away

3%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%791

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

How far

How far West Pleasant View commutes

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

39%

50%

39%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Pleasant View is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Pleasant View are

1,270 jobs are based in West Pleasant View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Pleasant View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Pleasant View

1,270 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs West Pleasant View residents hold

2,125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+56%

Jobs based in West Pleasant View, 2013 → 2023: 814 → 1,270. 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.