With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Heeney works elsewhere
21 jobs are based in Heeney for 37 working residents. Only 3% stay in Heeney for work; outside it, Breckenridge is the main destination (8%, 29 miles). Working from home is the commute for 54% of workers, where Colorado as a whole has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Heeney
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 47 people are in Heeney on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer 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 places Heeney commutes to
Where Heeney clocks in
8% 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.
Most jobs in Heeney are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Heeney, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 21. 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 Heeney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Heeney
of Heeney workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 54% 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.
Miles to work from Heeney
About 46% 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 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 Heeney: questions
What is the poverty rate in Heeney?
9.5%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Heeney work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Breckenridge (8%, 29 mi), Dillon (5%, 22 mi), Silverthorne (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Heeney 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 Heeney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Heeney
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.