With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Echo Hills works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Echo Hills itself; outside it, Denver draws the most (20%, 29 miles). There are 37 jobs in Echo Hills for 166 working residents. Home is the office for 56% of workers, where Colorado as a whole has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Echo Hills quiets down on a workday
On a workday 166 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51 people are in Echo Hills on a workday afternoon, 72% 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.
The places Echo Hills commutes to
Where Echo Hills clocks in
20% of workers
8% 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.
81% of the jobs in Echo Hills pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Echo Hills, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 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 Echo Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Echo Hills
of Echo Hills workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 commuters (the 56% 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 Echo Hills 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.
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 Echo Hills: questions
What is the poverty rate in Echo Hills?
6.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Echo Hills work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (20%, 29 mi), Lakewood (11%, 16 mi), Evergreen (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Echo Hills 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 Echo Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Echo Hills
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.