Photo: Hustvedt · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Gold Hill
Home is the office for 41% of workers, where Colorado as a whole has 21%. Only 2% stay in Gold Hill for work; outside it, Boulder is the main destination (31%, 9 miles). The trip to work takes 39 minutes on average; Colorado averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Gold Hill
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Gold Hill on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Gold Hill commutes to
Where Gold Hill clocks in
31% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
Gold Hill is a services town
57 jobs are based in Gold Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gold Hill, 2014 → 2024: 76 → 57. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gold Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Gold Hill: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gold Hill workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 82 commuters (the 41% 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.
Where in the region Gold Hill works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Gold Hill: questions
What is the poverty rate in Gold Hill?
29.2%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gold Hill?
39 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 41% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gold Hill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (31%, 9 mi), Denver (10%, 35 mi), Colorado Springs (4%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Gold Hill 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 Gold Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gold Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.