Work & commute · Denver

Work & commute in Denver, TX

About one in 3 of Denver’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Seminole (7%), Lubbock (7%) and Levelland (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

535 of 1,680 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,145 Denver residents head out of town to work, 535 work right here, and 1,078 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denver.

1,145live here, work elsewhere

535live and work here

1,078work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denver goes to work

Denver City (in town)right here

32%535

Seminole20 mi away

7%125

Lubbock68.2 mi away

7%117

Levelland50.3 mi away

3%49

Andrews47.6 mi away

2%32

Plains15.2 mi away

2%27

Midland77.5 mi away

1%24

Austin351 mi away

1%20

Hobbs, NM25.2 mi away

1%17

Dallas352.1 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%719

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

How far

How far Denver commutes

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

48%

13%

32%

48%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denver is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Denver are

1,613 jobs are based in Denver. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Denver’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Denver

1,613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Denver residents hold

1,680 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−28%

Jobs based in Denver, 2013 → 2023: 2,228 → 1,613. 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.