Bark Ranch has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Bark Ranch; the top destination outside it is Boulder (15%, 12 miles). There are 10 jobs in Bark Ranch; 84 of its residents have a job. 42% of workers work from home; Colorado has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Bark Ranch
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Bark Ranch on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where people from Bark Ranch work
Where Bark Ranch clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Bark Ranch
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bark Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 10. 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 Bark Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bark Ranch
of Bark Ranch workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 42% 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 Bark Ranch
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 Bark Ranch: questions
What is the median household income in Bark Ranch?
$115,521 (±$64,823) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bark Ranch?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bark Ranch work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (15%, 12 mi), Denver (13%, 38 mi), Aurora (8%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bark Ranch 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 Bark Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bark Ranch
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.