Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Elbert at work: jobs, income and the commute
The trip to work takes 41 minutes on average; Colorado averages 25, the U.S. 26. 12% of workers have no commute at all (Colorado 21%). Hardly any work in Elbert; the top destination outside it is Denver (15%, 42 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Elbert
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Elbert on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
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 Elbert commutes to
Where Elbert clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
In Elbert, services account for most jobs
85 jobs are based in Elbert.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elbert, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 85. 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 Elbert’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Elbert takes about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elbert workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 84 commuters (the 12% 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 miles Elbert commutes
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Elbert: questions
What is the median household income in Elbert?
$69,167 (±$27,176) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elbert?
15.9%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elbert?
41 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elbert work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (15%, 42 mi), Castle Rock (8%, 20 mi), Colorado Springs (8%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elbert 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 Elbert, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elbert
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.