Mill City House · Photo: Jeffrey Beall from Colorado, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Applewood has higher household incomes than 92% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 13.2 in Denver. The poverty rate is 4.4%; Colorado has 9.4%. Jobs and income earn Applewood A; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Applewood: the gist
Applewood trades workers with the towns around it
Applewood has about as many jobs (3,914) as working residents (3,614), but they are mostly different people: 3,537 residents leave for work each day while 3,837 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Applewood are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Applewood than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Applewood fell from 14,418 in 2013 to 3,914 in 2023, −73%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Nearly all jobs in Applewood pay over $40,000 a year
87% of the jobs based in Applewood pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Applewood and Denver trade workers both ways
Denver is the top workplace for Applewood residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Applewood come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Where Applewood’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Applewood is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #36 of 159 in Colorado. Job access by car holds Applewood’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Applewood could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Applewood by day and by night
On a workday 3,537 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 3,837 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
3,914 jobs are based in Applewood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Applewood, 2013 → 2023: 14,418 → 3,914. 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 Applewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
27% of working residents work in Denver
Where Applewood clocks in
27% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Applewood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Applewood workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,364 commuters (the 28% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Applewood
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.
In Applewood, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Applewood is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #59 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 6.4% across Colorado.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,683 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 51% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Applewood households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Applewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,300, Applewood ranks 437th of 3,042 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 150 | Mead CO | 7,042 | $125K | 1.4% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 435 | Pompton Lakes NJ | 11,246 | $124K | 8.4% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| 436 | East Foothills CA | 7,139 | $199K | 5.5% | 4.3% | 2% | A |
| 437 | Applewood CO | 8,350 | $131K | 4.4% | 4.5% | 2% | A |
| 438 | Pebble Creek FL | 10,447 | $110K | 6.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A |
| 439 | Edgemere MD | 9,061 | $103K | 3.9% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,042 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Applewood, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Applewood and its neighbors: 19% work next door
The biggest share goes to Lakewood (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Applewood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applewood | – | A | A− | 23 min | $130,545 |
| Lakewood | 16% | B+ | A | 26 min | $89,792 |
| Wheat Ridge | 3% | B+ | A | 23 min | $90,564 |
| Fairmount | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 23 min | $163,600 |
| West Pleasant View | under 3% | B | A | 19 min | $95,817 |
| East Pleasant View | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Pleasant View: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Applewood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Applewood: questions
What is the median household income in Applewood?
$130,545 (±$13,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Applewood?
4.4%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Applewood?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Applewood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (27%, 16 mi), Lakewood (16%, 4 mi), Golden (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Applewood walkable?
Applewood is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Applewood without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Applewood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Applewood
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.