Castle Pines has higher household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 37% of workers; Colorado has 21%. The poverty rate is 6.9%, next to 9.4% for Colorado as a whole. For jobs and income Castle Pines is better than 93% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Castle Pines: the figures worth knowing
Home offices are common in Castle Pines
37% of Castle Pines workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Time on the road ↓
Castle Pines has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Castle Pines went from 1,138 in 2013 to 2,052 in 2023, +80%. The jobs ↓
Castle Pines and Denver trade workers both ways
Denver is the top workplace for Castle Pines residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Castle Pines come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Castle Pines’ Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income is its strongest input ($191,229, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Castle Pines could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 27 minutes each way, about the CO average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Castle Pines workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,827 commuters (the 37% 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.
What the 2,052 jobs in Castle Pines are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Castle Pines, 2013 → 2023: 1,138 → 2,052. 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 Castle Pines’s own residents hold wherever they work.
24% of working residents work in Denver
Where Castle Pines clocks in
24% of workers
8% 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.
Who commutes out of Castle Pines, and who commutes in
On a workday 5,406 residents head out to work, 244 work right here, and 1,808 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Castle Pines on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 in the region Castle Pines works
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.
In Castle Pines, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,672 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Castle Pines households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Castle Pines’ commuters take a bus or train.
Castle Pines next to U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000: 243rd of 2,109 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 75 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Greenwood Village CO | 15,323 | $149K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 201 | Superior CO | 13,637 | $159K | 3.2% | 3.7% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 241 | Zeeland Township MI | 12,305 | $114K | 3.1% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| 242 | West Manchester Township PA | 19,365 | $89K | 4.1% | 1.1% | 13% | A |
| 243 | Castle Pines CO | 15,583 | $191K | 6.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A |
| 244 | Grosse Pointe Park MI | 11,095 | $124K | 4.9% | 3.3% | 4% | A |
| 245 | Ham Lake MN | 17,104 | $120K | 4.0% | 3.4% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Castle Pines, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
The towns around Castle Pines
The biggest share goes to Castle Rock (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Castle Pines workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Pines | – | A | B+ | 27 min | $191,229 |
| Castle Pines Village | under 3% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $250,000+ |
| Castle Rock | 6% | A | B | 29 min | $145,197 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Castle Pines’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 Castle Pines: questions
What is the median household income in Castle Pines?
$191,229 (±$15,186) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Castle Pines?
6.9%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Castle Pines?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Castle Pines work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (24%, 21 mi), Greenwood Village (8%, 11 mi), Centennial (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Castle Pines walkable?
Castle Pines is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Castle Pines without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Castle Pines, from the people who make the trip.
More of Castle Pines
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.