East Longs Peak Trail-Longs Peak Trail-Keyhole Route-Shelf Trail · Photo: Benwildeboer at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Allenspark has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 4% stay in Allenspark for work; outside it, Boulder is the main destination (14%, 20 miles). 64 jobs are based in Allenspark; 291 of its residents have a job. At home: 30% of workers have no commute at all (Colorado 21%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Allenspark and work: the main findings
Allenspark is a place people come home to
There are 64 jobs based in Allenspark, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Allenspark has about 600 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Allenspark workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Allenspark
30% of Allenspark workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 291 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Allenspark
On a workday 280 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Allenspark on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 38 minutes from Allenspark
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Allenspark workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 371 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Allenspark ends
Where Allenspark clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Allenspark, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allenspark, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 64. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allenspark’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Allenspark, by distance
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Allenspark: questions
What is the median household income in Allenspark?
$108,056 (±$37,679) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Allenspark?
8.2%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Allenspark?
38 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Allenspark work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (14%, 20 mi), Longmont (10%, 22 mi), Denver (10%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Allenspark without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Allenspark, from the people who make the trip.
More of Allenspark
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.