Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0At 1.5%, unemployment in Berthoud is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Berthoud is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Berthoud are A for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten work in Berthoud itself; outside it, Longmont draws the most (14%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Berthoud
Berthoud has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Berthoud went from 1,405 in 2013 to 2,742 in 2023, +95%. The jobs ↓
Berthoud workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Berthoud makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Berthoud are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Berthoud residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Berthoud’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Berthoud is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #26 of 159 in Colorado. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Berthoud could be anywhere from A− to A+.
A place that makes things: 39% of Berthoud’s jobs are in goods
2,742 jobs are based in Berthoud.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berthoud, 2013 → 2023: 1,405 → 2,742. 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 Berthoud’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Colorado
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Berthoud workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,559 commuters (the 21% 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.
Who works in Berthoud, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,718 residents head out to work, 417 work right here, and 2,325 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Berthoud on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.53 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Berthoud: the destinations
Where Berthoud 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Berthoud
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.
Most of Berthoud commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Berthoud is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #108 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% 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 7,047 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 20% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 2.1% of Berthoud households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Berthoud’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Berthoud ranks: 259th of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Greenwood Village CO | 15,323 | $149K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 257 | Rossmoor CA | 11,532 | $212K | 4.2% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| 258 | Palos Verdes Estates CA | 12,559 | $242K | 2.9% | 4.7% | 5% | A |
| 259 | Berthoud CO | 14,080 | $119K | 4.6% | 1.5% | 8% | A |
| 260 | Ringwood NJ | 11,853 | $152K | 2.5% | 4.8% | 7% | A |
| 261 | Lyndhurst OH | 13,522 | $91K | 4.7% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Berthoud, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Next door to Berthoud
The biggest share goes to Johnstown (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Berthoud’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 Berthoud: questions
What is the median household income in Berthoud?
$119,385 (±$12,944) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berthoud?
4.6%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berthoud?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berthoud work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Longmont (14%, 11 mi), Loveland (10%, 10 mi), Fort Collins (10%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Berthoud walkable?
Berthoud is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Berthoud without a car?
0% 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 Berthoud, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berthoud
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.