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Jobs & commute in Bonanza Mountain Estates

Most of Bonanza Mountain Estates commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident

Employers in Bonanza Mountain Estates report 16 jobs, and 56 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Bonanza Mountain Estates itself; outside it, Boulder draws the most (18%, 12 miles). For 86% of workers, the job is at home, against 21% across Colorado.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

In and out of Bonanza Mountain Estates on a workday

On a workday 56 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.

56live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night56
Workday16
56live here− 56head out to work+ 16come in to work= 16on a workday

About 16 people are in Bonanza Mountain Estates on a workday afternoon, 71% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.29jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Bonanza Mountain Estates’ working residents head each day

Nederland: 4 residents work here (7%)Woodland ParkSterling: 1 residents work here (2%)LafayetteEvans: 1 residents work here (2%)Brighton: 1 residents work here (2%)Lakewood: 3 residents work here (5%)Westminster: 4 residents work here (7%)Longmont: 2 residents work here (4%)Boulder: 10 residents work here (18%)Aurora: 2 residents work here (4%)Denver: 10 residents work here (18%)Bonanza Mountain EstatesSt. Ann HighlandsMountain MeadowsSugarloafBoulderDenverNederlandWestminsterLakewoodLongmontBonanza Mountain Estates
1
Boulder12.5 mi away
18%10
2
Denver35 mi away
18%10
3
Nederland1.7 mi away
7%4
4
Westminster23.1 mi away
7%4
5
Lakewood27.2 mi away
5%3
6
Longmont24 mi away
4%2
7
Aurora44.3 mi away
4%2
8
Sterling128.5 mi away
2%1
9
Evans46.4 mi away
2%1
10
Brighton36.3 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%18
The top trips

Where Bonanza Mountain Estates clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

94% of the jobs in Bonanza Mountain Estates make or build things

Jobs based in Bonanza Mountain EstatesJobs Bonanza Mountain Estates residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms94%7%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices6%77%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month6%20%
Over $3,333 a month94%61%

Who does it

29 or younger0%16%
30 to 5469%57%
55 and older31%27%
+433%

Jobs based in Bonanza Mountain Estates, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 16. 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 Bonanza Mountain Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Bonanza Mountain Estates

Working from home
86%

of Bonanza Mountain Estates workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.

About 9 in 10
How Bonanza Mountain Estates gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 4 commuters (the 86% 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

Bonanza Mountain Estates’ commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBoulder: 18% · 12.5 miDenver: 18% · 35 miNederland: 7% · 1.7 miWestminster: 7% · 23.1 miLakewood: 5% · 27.2 miLongmont: 4% · 24 miAurora: 4% · 44.3 miSterling: 2% · 128.5 miEvans: 2% · 46.4 miBrighton: 2% · 36.3 miBoulder 18%Denver 18%Nederland 7%Westminster 7%Lakewood 5%Bonanza Mountain Estates
Bonanza Mountain EstatesTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi10 residents
34%10–24 mi19 residents
36%25–50 mi20 residents
13%Over 50 mi7 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bonanza Mountain Estates: questions

What is the poverty rate in Bonanza Mountain Estates?

7.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Bonanza Mountain Estates work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (18%, 12 mi), Denver (18%, 35 mi), Nederland (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Bonanza Mountain Estates 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 Bonanza Mountain Estates, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bonanza Mountain Estates

Bonanza Mountain Estates home →

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.