Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 4.0How Hillrose works: jobs, income and commuting
9% of workers work from home, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole. Only 3% work in Hillrose; the top destination outside it is Brush (17%, 8 miles). The average commute takes 36 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Hillrose
On a workday 151 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 155 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 (1.03 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.
The towns that employ Hillrose’s residents
Where Hillrose clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 42% of work in Hillrose
160 jobs are based in Hillrose.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hillrose, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 160. 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 Hillrose’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Hillrose spends getting to work: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hillrose workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 115 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.
Miles to work from Hillrose
About 54% 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 Hillrose: questions
What is the median household income in Hillrose?
$75,625 (±$30,721) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hillrose?
2.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hillrose?
36 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hillrose work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brush (17%, 8 mi), Fort Morgan (12%, 15 mi), Denver (8%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hillrose without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hillrose, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hillrose
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.