Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0A job hub: Avon has 3.0 jobs per working resident, and 6,013 people come in to work
Avon has 6,387 jobs; 2,114 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Avon are C for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 13.2 in Denver.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Avon apart on work
Avon has far more jobs than workers
Avon has 6,387 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 10,000 people are in town, 69% more than the 6,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Many jobs in Avon pay little
28% of the jobs based in Avon pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Avon draws workers from far and wide
The 6,387 jobs in Avon are filled from a wide area. Avon’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 37%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Avon is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 5% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Avon’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Avon is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #136 of 159 in Colorado. Household income holds Avon’s grade up ($89,027, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (8.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Avon could be anywhere from D to A−.
How many people are in Avon by day
On a workday 1,740 residents head out to work and 374 work right here.
About 10,000 people are in Avon on a workday afternoon, 69% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Avon commutes less than 9 miles
About 36% 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.
Avon is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avon, 2013 → 2023: 5,643 → 6,387. 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 Avon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Avon, and from where
Where Avon clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Time on the road from Avon: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avon workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,715 commuters (the 5% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Avon
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Avon is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #5 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Avon near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,910 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 73% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 73% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 10.6% of Avon households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 10% of Avon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,300, Avon ranks 2,510th of 3,370 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Todd Creek CO | 5,379 | $194K | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Mead CO | 7,042 | $125K | 1.4% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 201 | Cherry Hills Village CO | 6,389 | $250K | 2.3% | 4.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,508 | La Feria TX | 7,222 | $45K | 25.0% | 3.8% | 5% | C |
| 2,509 | Coloma Township MI | 4,968 | $60K | 13.0% | 5.3% | 4% | C |
| 2,510 | Avon CO | 6,184 | $89K | 12.2% | 8.1% | 18% | C |
| 2,511 | Breaux Bridge LA | 7,652 | $48K | 30.4% | 3.5% | 15% | C |
| 2,512 | Latimer MS | 6,756 | $70K | 16.1% | 6.4% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | 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 Avon, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Work in the towns next to Avon
The biggest share goes to Edwards (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Avon’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 Avon: questions
What is the median household income in Avon?
$89,027 (±$16,547) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avon?
12.2%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avon?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avon work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vail (14%, 8 mi), Denver (8%, 87 mi), Edwards (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Avon walkable?
Avon is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Avon without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 73% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avon
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.