Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Floyd Hill has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers, against 21% across Colorado. Floyd Hill has 183 jobs, against 552 working residents. Only 3% work in Floyd Hill; the top destination outside it is Denver (19%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Floyd Hill, in a few figures
Floyd Hill’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Floyd Hill is Denver, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (104) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Floyd Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Floyd Hill
29% of Floyd Hill workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Time on the road ↓
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; with 552 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Floyd Hill commutes less than 23 miles
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.
Time on the road from Floyd Hill: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Floyd Hill workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 29% 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.
A workday in Floyd Hill: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 538 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Floyd Hill on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Where people from Floyd Hill work
Where Floyd Hill clocks in
19% 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.
73% of the jobs in Floyd Hill pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Floyd Hill, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 183. 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 Floyd Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Floyd Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Floyd Hill?
$182,981 (±$18,090) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Floyd Hill?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Floyd Hill?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Floyd Hill work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (19%, 30 mi), Idaho Springs (7%, 4 mi), Lakewood (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Floyd Hill without a car?
3% 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 Floyd Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Floyd Hill
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.