Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Most of Brookside commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Brookside itself; outside it, Cañon City draws the most (33%, 2 miles). Brookside has 6 jobs, against 87 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers, against 21% across Colorado.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Brookside, and who commutes in
On a workday 87 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Brookside on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
The towns that employ Brookside’s residents
Where Brookside clocks in
33% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
100% of the jobs in Brookside make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookside, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 6. 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 Brookside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Brookside takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookside workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 102 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Brookside
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Brookside compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Lincoln Park (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookside workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside | – | — | — | 23 min | $62,813 |
| Lincoln Park | 7% | D | C+ | 22 min | $60,036 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brookside’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 Brookside: questions
What is the median household income in Brookside?
$62,813 (±$22,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookside?
10.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookside?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookside work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cañon City (33%, 2 mi), Colorado Springs (9%, 39 mi), Denver (7%, 95 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brookside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brookside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookside
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.