Miner Street Bridge · Photo: Thad Roan from Littleton, CO, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Blue Valley has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Blue Valley for work; outside it, Denver is the main destination (13%, 33 miles). Blue Valley has 12 jobs; 85 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Blue Valley
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 47 people are in Blue Valley on a workday afternoon, 61% 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 the trip to work from Blue Valley ends
Where Blue Valley clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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.
Blue Valley works in goods: 50% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue Valley, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 12. 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 Blue Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Blue Valley
of Blue Valley workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far Blue Valley’s workers travel
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 Blue Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Blue Valley?
$80,100 (±$36,253) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue Valley?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Blue Valley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (13%, 33 mi), Idaho Springs (9%, 4 mi), Aurora (8%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blue Valley 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 Blue Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue Valley
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.