Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Aspen Park draws 811 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Aspen Park itself; outside it, Denver draws the most (21%, 27 miles). 825 jobs are based in Aspen Park; 403 of its residents have a job. Working residents average 22 minutes each way; Colorado averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Aspen Park stands out on work
Aspen Park is where the jobs are
Aspen Park has 825 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,200 people are in town, 57% more than the 740 who live here. Day and night ↓
Aspen Park’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Aspen Park is Denver, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (86) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Aspen Park has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Aspen Park went from 498 in 2014 to 825 in 2024, +66%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 403 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Aspen Park by day and by night
On a workday 389 residents head out to work and 14 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Aspen Park on a workday afternoon, 57% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from Aspen Park to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What Aspen Park’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aspen Park, 2014 → 2024: 498 → 825. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aspen Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Aspen Park live
Where Aspen Park clocks in
21% 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.
About 22 minutes each way for Aspen Park’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aspen Park workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 204 commuters (the 26% 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Aspen Park: questions
What is the median household income in Aspen Park?
$104,167 (±$52,230) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aspen Park?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aspen Park?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aspen Park work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (21%, 27 mi), Lakewood (11%, 14 mi), Centennial (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Aspen Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aspen Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aspen Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.