Seventeen Mile House · Photo: Thomas Stockman · CC BY-SA 4.0At 2.6%, unemployment in Dove Valley is lower than in 76% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 13.2 in Denver. The two grades for Dove Valley are B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Only 1% work in Dove Valley; the top destination outside it is Denver (25%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dove Valley, in a few figures
Dove Valley is where the jobs are
Dove Valley has 4,233 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Dove Valley and Denver trade workers both ways
Denver is the top workplace for Dove Valley residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Dove Valley come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Dove Valley pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in Dove Valley pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Dove Valley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dove Valley is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #64 of 159 in Colorado. Job access by car holds Dove Valley’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dove Valley could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Dove Valley
On a workday 2,618 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 4,200 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Dove Valley on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Dove Valley: where workers come from
Where Dove Valley clocks in
25% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
74% of the jobs in Dove Valley pay over $3,333 a month
4,233 jobs are based in Dove Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dove Valley, 2013 → 2023: 3,169 → 4,233. 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 Dove Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Dove Valley: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dove Valley workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,353 commuters (the 19% 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 Dove Valley goes to work
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Dove Valley
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dove Valley is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #62 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Dove Valley near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,897 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 35% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 35% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 5.0% of Dove Valley households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Dove Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Dove Valley ranks: 1,010th of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 43 | Todd Creek CO | 5,379 | $194K | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Sierra Ridge CO | 3,663 | $158K | 0.1% | 2.4% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Genesee CO | 3,778 | $187K | 2.4% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,008 | Mount Olive AL | 3,567 | $82K | 12.1% | 1.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,009 | Day Valley CA | 3,579 | $155K | 4.1% | 5.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,010 | Dove Valley CO | 4,806 | $82K | 11.5% | 2.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,011 | White City FL | 5,744 | $118K | 9.7% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,012 | Nassau Bay TX | 5,210 | $72K | 11.5% | 1.9% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Dove Valley, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Work next door: 14% of Dove Valley’s workers
The biggest share goes to Centennial (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dove Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dove Valley | – | B+ | A− | 23 min | $81,524 |
| Centennial | 11% | A | A | 26 min | $131,928 |
| Inverness | 3% | A− | A+ | 21 min | $109,135 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dove Valley’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 Dove Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Dove Valley?
$81,524 (±$14,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dove Valley?
11.5%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dove Valley?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dove Valley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (25%, 13 mi), Centennial (11%, 2 mi), Aurora (11%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dove Valley walkable?
Dove Valley is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dove Valley without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 35% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dove Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dove Valley
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.