Brick Center has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 9 jobs in Brick Center, and 53 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Brick Center for work; outside it, Denver is the main destination (26%, 25 miles). Working from home is the commute for 13% of workers, where Colorado as a whole has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Brick Center
On a workday 53 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 61 people are in Brick Center on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 Brick Center ends
Where Brick Center clocks in
26% of workers
17% 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.
33% of the jobs in Brick Center make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brick Center, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 9. 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 Brick Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Brick Center
of Brick Center workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 commuters (the 13% 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 many miles Brick Center commutes
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 Brick Center: questions
What is the poverty rate in Brick Center?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Brick Center work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (26%, 25 mi), Aurora (17%, 16 mi), Lakewood (9%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brick Center 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 Brick Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brick Center
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.