How Hidden Lake works: jobs, income and commuting
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole. Hardly any work in Hidden Lake; the top destination outside it is Boulder (38%, 13 miles). Employers in Hidden Lake report 13 jobs, against 8 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hidden Lake on a workday afternoon
On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 34 people are in Hidden Lake on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 daily trip into Hidden Lake
Where Hidden Lake clocks in
38% of workers
13% of workers
13% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 85% of the jobs in Hidden Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hidden Lake, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 13. 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 Hidden Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hidden Lake
of Hidden Lake workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 commuters (the 0% 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 Hidden Lake, by distance
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 Hidden Lake: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hidden Lake?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hidden Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (38%, 13 mi), Dacono (13%, 28 mi), Littleton (13%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hidden Lake 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 Hidden Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hidden Lake
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.