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Jobs & commute in Brick Center

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

Day and night

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.

53live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday61
110live here− 53head out to work+ 9come in to work= 61on a workday

About 61 people are in Brick Center on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.17jobs 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 the trip to work from Brick Center ends

Glendale: 1 residents work here (2%)Sheridan: 1 residents work here (2%)Englewood: 1 residents work here (2%)Greenwood Village: 3 residents work here (6%)Lone Tree: 2 residents work here (4%)LittletonThorntonCastle Rock: 2 residents work here (4%)Lakewood: 5 residents work here (9%)Centennial: 2 residents work here (4%)Aurora: 9 residents work here (17%)Denver: 14 residents work here (26%)Brick CenterHighlands RanchEdwardsDenverAuroraLakewoodGreenwood VillageLone TreeCastle RockBrick Center
1
Denver25.3 mi away
26%14
2
Aurora16.1 mi away
17%9
3
Lakewood35.7 mi away
9%5
4
Greenwood Village24.1 mi away
6%3
5
Lone Tree22.2 mi away
4%2
6
Castle Rock25.7 mi away
4%2
7
Centennial21.4 mi away
4%2
8
Glendale26.4 mi away
2%1
9
Sheridan30 mi away
2%1
10
Englewood28.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%13
The top trips

Where Brick Center 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

33% of the jobs in Brick Center make or build things

Jobs based in Brick CenterJobs Brick Center residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms33%13%
Trade, transport & utilities0%17%
Services: health, schools, offices67%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%11%
Over $3,333 a month67%77%

Who does it

29 or younger11%13%
30 to 5433%57%
55 and older56%30%
+80%

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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Brick Center

Working from home
13%

of Brick Center workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Brick Center gets to work
100%Drive alone

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 far

How many miles Brick Center commutes

10 mi25 mi40 miDenver: 26% · 25.3 miAurora: 17% · 16.1 miLakewood: 9% · 35.7 miGreenwood Village: 6% · 24.1 miLone Tree: 4% · 22.2 miCastle Rock: 4% · 25.7 miCentennial: 4% · 21.4 miGlendale: 2% · 26.4 miSheridan: 2% · 30 miEnglewood: 2% · 28.7 miDenver 26%Aurora 17%Lakewood 9%Greenwood Village 6%Lone Tree 4%Brick Center
Brick CenterTop destinations (size = commuters)
2%Under 10 mi1 residents
45%10–24 mi24 residents
49%25–50 mi26 residents
4%Over 50 mi2 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 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.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Brick Center

Brick Center 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.