Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Fraser are higher than in 68% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Fraser C+; getting around on foot earns it A. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 13.2 in Denver. 6% of workers work from home; Colorado has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fraser in brief
30% of Fraser works in Winter Park
202 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Winter Park, 3.3 miles away across the town line. That’s 3 times as many as work in Fraser itself. The commute map ↓
Fraser has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fraser went from 544 in 2013 to 795 in 2023, +46%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Fraser pay little
29% of the jobs based in Fraser pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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 678 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Fraser: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fraser is better than 40% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Fraser’s grade up ($89,980, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fraser could be anywhere from D to A−.
30% of working residents work in Winter Park
Where Fraser clocks in
30% of workers
10% of workers
3% 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 795 jobs based in Fraser
795 jobs are based in Fraser.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fraser, 2013 → 2023: 544 → 795. 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 Fraser’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Fraser, and who commutes in
On a workday 597 residents head out to work, 81 work right here, and 714 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 (1.17 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.
Commuting from Fraser: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fraser workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 884 commuters (the 6% 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.
The commute from Fraser, by distance
About 27% 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.
In Fraser, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fraser is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Fraser near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 942 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 57% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 57% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.2% of Fraser households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fraser’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Fraser ranks: 2,752nd of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 6 | Columbine Valley CO | 1,684 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 679 | Perry Park CO | 1,570 | $158K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 941 | Nederland CO | 1,463 | $123K | 2.7% | 3.4% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,750 | Webb AL | 1,340 | $55K | 7.9% | 4.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,751 | Ridgway CO | 1,324 | $84K | 7.2% | 8.5% | 26% | C+ |
| 2,752 | Fraser CO | 1,543 | $90K | 9.4% | 4.8% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,753 | Nooksack WA | 1,833 | $97K | 14.7% | 5.2% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,754 | Wyalusing Township PA | 1,226 | $90K | 9.7% | 3.9% | 21% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Fraser, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Fraser and its neighbors: 30% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fraser workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser | – | C+ | A | 26 min | $89,980 |
| Winter Park | 30% | B− | A | 20 min | $68,828 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Winter Park. Darker towns draw more of Fraser’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 Fraser: questions
What is the median household income in Fraser?
$89,980 (±$16,587) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fraser?
9.4%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fraser?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fraser work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winter Park (30%, 3 mi), Denver (10%, 50 mi), Colorado Springs (3%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fraser walkable?
Fraser is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fraser without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 57% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fraser, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fraser
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.