Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Idledale works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Idledale; the top destination outside it is Denver (24%, 20 miles). Employers in Idledale report 17 jobs, and 108 of its residents work somewhere. 25% of workers work from home, where Colorado as a whole has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Idledale: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Idledale on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Idledale commutes to
Where Idledale clocks in
24% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Idledale, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 17. 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 Idledale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Idledale
of Idledale workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 153 commuters (the 25% 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.
Idledale’s commute, mile by mile
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 Idledale: questions
What is the poverty rate in Idledale?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Idledale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (24%, 20 mi), Lakewood (10%, 7 mi), Genesee (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Idledale 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 Idledale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Idledale
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.