Cherry Creek Bridge · Photo: Thad Roan from Littleton, CO, USA. · CC BY-SA 2.0Franktown draws 693 commuters a day, with 3.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Franktown itself; outside it, Denver draws the most (23%, 27 miles). 698 jobs are based in Franktown for 223 working residents. Working residents average 36 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Franktown
Franktown fills up on a workday
Franktown has 698 jobs, 3.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 950 people are in town, more than double the 470 who live here. Day and night ↓
Franktown’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Franktown is Denver, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (52) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Franktown has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Franktown went from 356 in 2013 to 698 in 2023, +96%. 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; with 223 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Franktown by day and by night
On a workday 218 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 950 people are in Franktown on a workday afternoon, 101% more 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 distance from Franktown 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.
68% of the jobs in Franktown pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franktown, 2013 → 2023: 356 → 698. 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 Franktown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Franktown live
Where Franktown clocks in
23% of workers
9% 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.
The trip to work from Franktown: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franktown workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 162 commuters (the 27% 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.
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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Franktown: questions
What is the median household income in Franktown?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franktown?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franktown?
36 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franktown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (23%, 27 mi), Centennial (9%, 15 mi), Aurora (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Franktown 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 Franktown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Franktown
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.