Work & commute · Westminster

Work & commute in Westminster, CO

Most working residents leave Westminster for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Denver (23%), Boulder (6%) and Broomfield (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5,292 of 57,137 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 51,845 Westminster residents head out of town to work, 5,292 work right here, and 43,935 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westminster.

51,845live here, work elsewhere

5,292live and work here

43,935work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westminster goes to work

Denver12.6 mi away

23%13,370

Westminster (in town)right here

9%5,292

Boulder14.2 mi away

6%3,381

Broomfield5.1 mi away

5%3,110

Lakewood12.9 mi away

5%3,040

Aurora21.6 mi away

5%2,698

Arvada5.7 mi away

4%2,364

Thornton6.9 mi away

4%2,361

Commerce City14.1 mi away

2%1,233

Louisville7.5 mi away

2%1,136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%19,152

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

How far

How far Westminster commutes

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

46%

44%

46%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westminster is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westminster are

49,227 jobs are based in Westminster. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westminster’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westminster

49,227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Westminster residents hold

57,137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+19%

Jobs based in Westminster, 2013 → 2023: 41,279 → 49,227. 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.