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Jobs & commute in Comanche Creek

Most of Comanche Creek commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident

Working from home is the commute for 28% of workers, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole. Employers in Comanche Creek report 37 jobs; 184 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Comanche Creek; the top destination outside it is Aurora (20%, 22 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Comanche Creek by day

On a workday 183 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.

183live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
36work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night280
Workday140
280live here− 180head out to work+ 36come in to work= 140on a workday

About 140 people are in Comanche Creek on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs 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 Comanche Creek’s working residents head each day

MerinoDeer TrailLimonBennett: 4 residents work here (2%)Greenwood Village: 7 residents work here (4%)Winter ParkErieCommerce City: 10 residents work here (5%)Centennial: 9 residents work here (5%)Aurora: 37 residents work here (20%)Colorado Springs: 5 residents work here (3%)Denver: 27 residents work here (15%)North Washington: 4 residents work here (2%)Byers: 14 residents work here (8%)Strasburg: 8 residents work here (4%)Comanche CreekAuroraDenverByersCommerce CityCentennialStrasburgComanche Creek
1
Aurora21.7 mi away
20%37
2
Denver30.9 mi away
15%27
3
Byers9.7 mi away
8%14
4
Commerce City31 mi away
5%10
5
Centennial28.1 mi away
5%9
6
Strasburg8 mi away
4%8
7
Greenwood Village30.7 mi away
4%7
8
Colorado Springs55.9 mi away
3%5
9
Bennett10.6 mi away
2%4
102%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%59
The top trips

Where Comanche Creek 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

Goods, not services: 49% of the jobs in Comanche Creek

Jobs based in Comanche CreekJobs Comanche Creek residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms49%24%
Trade, transport & utilities11%24%
Services: health, schools, offices41%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less3%8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%18%
Over $3,333 a month78%74%

Who does it

29 or younger27%24%
30 to 5449%49%
55 and older24%27%
+517%

Jobs based in Comanche Creek, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 37. 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 Comanche Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Comanche Creek

Working from home
28%

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

About 3 in 10
How Comanche Creek gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 57 commuters (the 28% 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

The distance from Comanche Creek to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miAurora: 20% · 21.7 miDenver: 15% · 30.9 miByers: 8% · 9.7 miCommerce City: 5% · 31 miCentennial: 5% · 28.1 miStrasburg: 4% · 8 miGreenwood Village: 4% · 30.7 miColorado Springs: 3% · 55.9 miBennett: 2% · 10.6 miNorth Washington: 2% · 37 miAurora 20%Denver 15%Byers 8%Commerce City 5%Centennial 5%Comanche Creek
Comanche CreekTop destinations (size = commuters)
11%Under 10 mi21 residents
14%10–24 mi26 residents
61%25–50 mi113 residents
13%Over 50 mi24 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 Comanche Creek: questions

What is the poverty rate in Comanche Creek?

0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Comanche Creek work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aurora (20%, 22 mi), Denver (15%, 31 mi), Byers (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Comanche Creek 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 Comanche Creek, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Comanche Creek

Comanche Creek 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.