Photo: Mycro · CC BY-SA 4.0Dacono has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 979 jobs in Dacono for 3,649 working residents. Dacono grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Dacono is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dacono at work: what stands out
Dacono has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dacono went from 504 in 2013 to 979 in 2023, +94%. The jobs ↓
Dacono makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Dacono are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dacono residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Dacono workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Dacono pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Dacono pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Dacono is a place people come home to
There are 979 jobs based in Dacono, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dacono has about 4,200 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
How Dacono earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dacono is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #27 of 159 in Colorado. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Dacono’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dacono could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Dacono makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dacono, 2013 → 2023: 504 → 979. 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 Dacono’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Dacono: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dacono workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,060 commuters (the 16% 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 many people are in Dacono by day
On a workday 3,588 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 918 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Dacono on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
14% of working residents work in Denver
Where Dacono clocks in
14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Dacono
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.
For most of Dacono, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dacono is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #132 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 3,653 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.9% of Dacono households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Dacono’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,200, Dacono ranks 297th of 3,168 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Todd Creek CO | 5,379 | $194K | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 141 | Mead CO | 7,042 | $125K | 1.4% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 144 | Stonegate CO | 8,906 | $159K | 3.2% | 3.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 295 | Midland NC | 5,151 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| 296 | Durham CT | 7,209 | $159K | 3.4% | 3.6% | 8% | A |
| 297 | Dacono CO | 6,844 | $105K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
| 298 | North Haledon NJ | 9,089 | $125K | 3.3% | 4.6% | 6% | A |
| 299 | New Castle DE | 5,726 | $89K | 4.7% | 1.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,168 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Dacono, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Dacono and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Frederick (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dacono workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dacono | – | A | C+ | 32 min | $104,559 |
| Frederick | 3% | A | B− | 32 min | $129,460 |
| Erie | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 26 min | $173,349 |
| Broomfield | 3% | A | A | 26 min | $123,874 |
| Fort Lupton | under 3% | C | B+ | 33 min | $80,889 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dacono’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 Dacono: questions
What is the median household income in Dacono?
$104,559 (±$6,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dacono?
3.9%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dacono?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dacono work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (14%, 21 mi), Longmont (8%, 11 mi), Boulder (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dacono walkable?
Dacono is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dacono 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 Dacono, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dacono
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.