Photo: SunDawn · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Frisco earn more than those in 85% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Frisco A−; getting around on foot earns it A. 1.3% of residents live below the poverty line, where Colorado as a whole has 9.4%. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 13.2 in Denver.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Frisco, in a few figures
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Frisco’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 29 minutes, longer than the Colorado average of 25. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Frisco has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Frisco went from 1,417 in 2013 to 2,068 in 2023, +46%. The jobs ↓
Frisco gains people on a workday
About 3,500 people are in Frisco on a workday afternoon, 24% more than the 2,800 who live here: 1,900 come in to work and 1,200 head out. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Frisco gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Frisco is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #54 of 159 in Colorado. The poverty rate holds Frisco’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Frisco could be anywhere from B− to A.
Getting to work from Frisco takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frisco workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,424 commuters (the 15% 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.
Frisco’s commute, mile by mile
About 42% 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 the 2,068 jobs in Frisco are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frisco, 2013 → 2023: 1,417 → 2,068. 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 Frisco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Frisco by day
On a workday 1,200 residents head out to work, 194 work right here, and 1,874 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Frisco on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 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.
11% of working residents work in Copper Mountain
Where Frisco clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Frisco is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frisco is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #26 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Frisco 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 1,667 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 16% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 0.7% of Frisco households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Frisco’s commuters take a bus or train.
Frisco next to U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800: 732nd of 4,703 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Stepping Stone CO | 3,137 | $224K | 0.0% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Sierra Ridge CO | 3,663 | $158K | 0.1% | 2.4% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Genesee CO | 3,778 | $187K | 2.4% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 730 | Cumings TX | 2,535 | $136K | 0.0% | 14.7% | 0% | A− |
| 731 | Southworth WA | 2,286 | $123K | 0.4% | 3.1% | 1% | A− |
| 732 | Frisco CO | 2,792 | $114K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 14% | A− |
| 733 | Wauponsee Township IL | 2,353 | $118K | 2.8% | 4.7% | 3% | A− |
| 734 | Williamsburg MA | 2,445 | $105K | 2.3% | 3.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | 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 Frisco, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
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 Frisco: questions
What is the median household income in Frisco?
$113,506 (±$36,641) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frisco?
1.3%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frisco?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frisco work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Copper Mountain (11%, 9 mi), Breckenridge (11%, 6 mi), Denver (9%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Frisco walkable?
Frisco is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frisco without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frisco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frisco
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.