Households in Cherry Creek have higher incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Only 1% stay in Cherry Creek for work; outside it, Denver is the main destination (29%, 11 miles). Poverty touches 5.0% of residents, next to 9.4% for Colorado as a whole. Cherry Creek grades A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cherry Creek apart on work
Cherry Creek is a place people come home to
There are 806 jobs based in Cherry Creek, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cherry Creek has about 6,000 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cherry Creek and Denver trade workers both ways
Denver is the top workplace for Cherry Creek residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Cherry Creek come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Cherry Creek works from home
33% of Cherry Creek workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Cherry Creek pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Cherry Creek pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Most Cherry Creek residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Cherry Creek: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cherry Creek is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #6 of 159 in Colorado. Household income is its strongest input ($153,776, 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, Cherry Creek could be anywhere from A to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Cherry Creek
On a workday 5,468 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 733 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Cherry Creek on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.15 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.
The places Cherry Creek commutes to
Where Cherry Creek clocks in
29% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Cherry Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Creek workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,842 commuters (the 33% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Cherry Creek
806 jobs are based in Cherry Creek.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Creek, 2013 → 2023: 711 → 806. 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 Cherry Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Cherry Creek 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.
In Cherry Creek, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cherry Creek is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #87 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 6.4% across Colorado.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,754 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 32% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 5% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 3.8% of Cherry Creek households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cherry Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cherry Creek next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 14,000: 52nd of 2,280 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 50 | Jamestown Township MI | 10,702 | $120K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 51 | Upper Uwchlan Township PA | 13,681 | $191K | 1.6% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| 52 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 53 | Loudoun Valley Estates VA | 10,271 | $225K | 4.0% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 54 | Hillsdale NJ | 10,214 | $187K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 78 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 88 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 114 | Stonegate CO | 8,906 | $159K | 3.2% | 3.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,280 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Cherry Creek, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
21% of Cherry Creek works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Greenwood Village (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherry Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek | – | A+ | B+ | 23 min | $153,776 |
| Greenwood Village | 12% | A+ | A | 20 min | $149,029 |
| Centennial | 9% | A | A | 26 min | $131,928 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cherry Creek’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 Cherry Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Creek?
$153,776 (±$18,341) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Creek?
5.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Creek?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (29%, 11 mi), Greenwood Village (12%, 3 mi), Aurora (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cherry Creek walkable?
Cherry Creek is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cherry Creek without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 5% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherry Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry Creek
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.