Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Kersey’s household incomes are lower than in 61% of U.S. towns
13.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.4% across Colorado. For jobs and income Kersey is better than 31% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). 3% of workers have no commute at all, where Colorado as a whole has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Kersey
Kersey and Greeley trade workers both ways
Greeley is the top workplace for Kersey residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Kersey come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Kersey workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Kersey workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 705 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Kersey’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Kersey’s grade.
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Kersey’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kersey could be anywhere from D to B+.
19% of working residents work in Greeley
Where Kersey clocks in
19% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
How long Kersey spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kersey workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 391 commuters (the 3% 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 many people are in Kersey by day
On a workday 639 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 522 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 (0.83 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.
Inside Kersey’s 588 jobs
588 jobs are based in Kersey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kersey, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 588. 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 Kersey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Kersey commutes less than 16 miles
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.
Few in Kersey walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 402 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.5% of Kersey households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kersey’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,023rd of 5,397: where Kersey ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Columbine Valley CO | 1,684 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 612 | Perry Park CO | 1,570 | $158K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 855 | Nederland CO | 1,463 | $123K | 2.7% | 3.4% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,021 | Hillsdale NY | 1,811 | $77K | 9.8% | 3.8% | 11% | C |
| 3,022 | Brookdale CA | 1,378 | $87K | 14.0% | 7.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,023 | Kersey CO | 1,500 | $68K | 13.5% | 4.8% | 9% | C |
| 3,024 | Belle Plaine KS | 1,442 | $63K | 16.8% | 3.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,025 | Cochecton NY | 1,435 | $72K | 8.2% | 6.7% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Kersey, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
19% of Kersey works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Greeley. Darker towns draw more of Kersey’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 Kersey: questions
What is the median household income in Kersey?
$68,281 (±$19,339) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kersey?
13.5%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kersey?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kersey work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greeley (19%, 10 mi), Denver (8%, 47 mi), Evans (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kersey walkable?
Kersey is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kersey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kersey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kersey
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.