Photo: Peter Romero · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Greeley (5.6%) is higher than in 69% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers (Colorado 21%). For jobs and income Greeley is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (A−). About one in three stay in Greeley for work; outside it, Denver is the main destination (8%, 45 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Greeley
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Greeley
Job access by car holds Greeley’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greeley could be anywhere from C to B−.
Miles to work from Greeley
About 18% 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.
Greeley on a workday afternoon
On a workday 34,861 residents head out to work, 16,787 work right here, and 25,633 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 (0.82 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.
Where Greeley goes to work
Where Greeley clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
What the 42,420 jobs in Greeley are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greeley, 2013 → 2023: 39,748 → 42,420. 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 Greeley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the CO average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greeley workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47,700 commuters (the 9% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Greeley
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 52,362 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 2% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.6% of Greeley households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Greeley’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
How Greeley ranks: 282nd of 361 U.S. towns of 81,000 to 155,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 3 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Highlands Ranch CO | 102,257 | $159K | 2.9% | 4.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Centennial CO | 108,658 | $132K | 3.3% | 4.6% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Arvada CO | 122,901 | $117K | 5.8% | 3.8% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 280 | Gastonia NC | 87,067 | $64K | 16.3% | 5.7% | 23% | C+ |
| 281 | Miami Gardens FL | 113,579 | $64K | 13.6% | 9.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 282 | Greeley CO | 115,073 | $70K | 15.1% | 5.6% | 33% | C+ |
| 283 | Warren MI | 137,138 | $64K | 14.8% | 8.0% | 15% | C+ |
| 284 | Palm Coast FL | 109,886 | $77K | 10.6% | 4.5% | 17% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 361 | Lawton OK | 90,503 | $54K | 21.1% | 8.1% | 55% | 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 Greeley, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Next door to Greeley
The biggest share goes to Windsor (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greeley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greeley | – | C+ | A− | 24 min | $69,881 |
| Evans | 2% | C+ | C+ | 26 min | $75,563 |
| Garden City | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Windsor | 3% | A− | B | 26 min | $127,028 |
| Kersey | under 2% | C | B− | 30 min | $68,281 |
Same-state neighbors only. Garden City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greeley’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 Greeley: questions
What is the median household income in Greeley?
$69,881 (±$2,819) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greeley?
15.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greeley?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greeley work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (8%, 45 mi), Fort Collins (6%, 18 mi), Loveland (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greeley walkable?
Greeley is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greeley without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greeley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greeley
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.