Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Making a living in Jackson Lake
The average commute takes 37 minutes each way; Colorado averages 25, the U.S. 26. Hardly any stay in Jackson Lake for work; outside it, Fort Morgan is the main destination (22%, 17 miles). No jobs are based in Jackson Lake in the Census job records; 50 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Jackson Lake by day
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Jackson Lake on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where Jackson Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Jackson Lake clocks in
22% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Colorado
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jackson Lake workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 commuters (the 16% 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.
How far Jackson Lake’s workers travel
About 38% 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 Jackson Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Jackson Lake?
$46,458 (±$25,208) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson Lake?
19.7%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson Lake?
37 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Morgan (22%, 17 mi), Thornton (6%, 56 mi), Denver (6%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jackson 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 Jackson Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jackson 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.