Photo: ERoss99 · CC BY-SA 3.0Elizabeth has higher household incomes than 85% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 2.0% (Colorado 9.4%). For jobs and income Elizabeth is better than 77% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (B+). 11% of workers have no commute at all, where Colorado as a whole has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Elizabeth: the gist
Elizabeth trades workers with the towns around it
Elizabeth has about as many jobs (1,176) as working residents (1,187), but they are mostly different people: 1,117 residents leave for work each day while 1,106 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Elizabeth are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Elizabeth workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Elizabeth’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Elizabeth is Denver, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (163) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Elizabeth
69% of Elizabeth residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Elizabeth pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. 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.
How Elizabeth earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Elizabeth’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Elizabeth could be anywhere from B to A.
Who works in Elizabeth, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,117 residents head out to work, 70 work right here, and 1,106 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 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.
How long Elizabeth spends getting to work: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elizabeth workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,035 commuters (the 11% 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 it is to work from Elizabeth
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 the 1,176 jobs in Elizabeth are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elizabeth, 2013 → 2023: 1,010 → 1,176. 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 Elizabeth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
14% of working residents work in Denver
Where Elizabeth clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
In Elizabeth, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,165 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.5% of Elizabeth households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Elizabeth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Elizabeth is 911th of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Stepping Stone CO | 3,137 | $224K | 0.0% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Sierra Ridge CO | 3,663 | $158K | 0.1% | 2.4% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Genesee CO | 3,778 | $187K | 2.4% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 909 | Covington Township PA | 2,286 | $100K | 6.2% | 3.1% | 10% | A− |
| 910 | East Richmond Heights CA | 3,109 | $135K | 5.3% | 8.9% | 1% | A− |
| 911 | Elizabeth CO | 2,957 | $113K | 2.0% | 2.4% | 6% | A− |
| 912 | Varnell GA | 2,295 | $86K | 4.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 913 | Springfield Township IN | 3,731 | $85K | 7.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Elizabeth, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Next door to Elizabeth
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elizabeth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | – | A− | B+ | 40 min | $112,986 |
| Ponderosa Park | under 2% | B | D− | 49 min | $132,154 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elizabeth’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 Elizabeth: questions
What is the median household income in Elizabeth?
$112,986 (±$9,386) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elizabeth?
2.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elizabeth?
40 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elizabeth work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (14%, 31 mi), Aurora (7%, 25 mi), Castle Rock (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Elizabeth walkable?
Elizabeth is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elizabeth
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.