Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Households in Ken Caryl have higher incomes than those in 87% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 3.7% of residents, next to 9.4% for Colorado as a whole. Ken Caryl grades A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 13.2 in Denver.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Ken Caryl apart on work
The figures behind Ken Caryl’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ken Caryl is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #32 of 159 in Colorado. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ken Caryl could be anywhere from A− to A+.
23% of working residents work in Denver
Where Ken Caryl clocks in
23% 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.
Who works in Ken Caryl, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 16,831 residents head out to work, 1,012 work right here, and 9,411 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Ken Caryl on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
68% of the jobs in Ken Caryl pay over $3,333 a month
10,423 jobs are based in Ken Caryl.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ken Caryl, 2013 → 2023: 7,799 → 10,423. 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 Ken Caryl’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Ken Caryl
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ken Caryl workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,253 commuters (the 27% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ken Caryl
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.
Ken Caryl is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ken Caryl is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #63 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Ken Caryl near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 18,095 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 11% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Ken Caryl households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ken Caryl’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ken Caryl is 198th of 1,315 U.S. towns of 23,000 to 45,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Erie CO | 40,904 | $173K | 2.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Dakota Ridge CO | 33,753 | $121K | 4.4% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 196 | Pearl City HI | 44,547 | $118K | 5.8% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| 197 | North Tustin CA | 25,807 | $177K | 5.2% | 4.7% | 2% | A |
| 198 | Ken Caryl CO | 33,233 | $118K | 3.7% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| 199 | Homer Glen IL | 24,873 | $137K | 4.3% | 4.6% | 5% | A |
| 200 | Mahwah Township NJ | 25,678 | $131K | 2.1% | 5.5% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 226 | Columbine CO | 25,478 | $131K | 4.3% | 4.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,315 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ken Caryl, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
How Ken Caryl compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ken Caryl workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Caryl | – | A | A− | 28 min | $118,269 |
| Dakota Ridge | under 3% | A | B+ | 26 min | $120,822 |
| Columbine | under 3% | A | B+ | 26 min | $131,232 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ken Caryl’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Ken Caryl: questions
What is the median household income in Ken Caryl?
$118,269 (±$5,905) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ken Caryl?
3.7%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ken Caryl?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ken Caryl work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (23%, 18 mi), Lakewood (11%, 8 mi), Aurora (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ken Caryl walkable?
Ken Caryl is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ken Caryl without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ken Caryl, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ken Caryl
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.