Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Kittredge has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 42% of workers, where Colorado as a whole has 21%. Employers in Kittredge report 168 jobs, against 618 working residents. Hardly any stay in Kittredge for work; outside it, Denver is the main destination (23%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Kittredge
Kittredge’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Kittredge is Denver, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (140) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Kittredge
42% of Kittredge workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Time on the road ↓
Kittredge is a place people come home to
There are 168 jobs based in Kittredge, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kittredge has about 360 people in it, 55% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 618 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Kittredge
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.
Getting to work from Kittredge takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kittredge workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 267 commuters (the 42% 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.
Who works in Kittredge, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 614 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Kittredge on a workday afternoon, 55% 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.
Where the trip to work from Kittredge ends
Where Kittredge clocks in
23% 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.
What Kittredge’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kittredge, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 168. 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 Kittredge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Around Kittredge: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Evergreen (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Kittredge’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 Kittredge: questions
What is the median household income in Kittredge?
$222,500 (±$61,634) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kittredge?
3.8%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kittredge?
33 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 42% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kittredge work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (23%, 24 mi), Lakewood (8%, 10 mi), Evergreen (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kittredge 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 Kittredge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kittredge
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.