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Jobs & commute in Lakeside

A job hub: Lakeside has 72.6 jobs per working resident, and 944 people come in to work

Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 21% across Colorado. Employers in Lakeside report 944 jobs, against 13 working residents. Hardly any work in Lakeside; the top destination outside it is Englewood (8%, 10 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

944 jobs based here
Poverty
50.0%
Colorado 9.4%
Unemployment
0.0%
Colorado 4.6% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 13 working residents
Work from home
0%
Colorado 21% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Who leaves Lakeside for work, and who comes in

On a workday 13 residents head out to work and none work right here.

13live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
944work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night16
Workday950
16live here− 13head out to work+ 940come in to work= 950on a workday

About 950 people are in Lakeside on a workday afternoon, 5819% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
72.62jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The daily trip into Lakeside

LakesideEnglewoodAlamosaLouisvilleGoldenWheat Ridge: 37 workers live here (4%)Thornton: 34 workers live here (4%)Commerce CityArvada: 75 workers live here (8%)Lakewood: 54 workers live here (6%)Broomfield: 19 workers live here (2%)Westminster: 50 workers live here (5%)Aurora: 48 workers live here (5%)Colorado Springs: 29 workers live here (3%)Greeley: 17 workers live here (2%)Denver: 198 workers live here (21%)DenverArvadaLakewoodWestminsterAuroraWheat RidgeLakeside
1
Denver9.5 mi away
21%198
2
Arvada6.2 mi away
8%75
3
Lakewood6.4 mi away
6%54
4
Westminster7 mi away
5%50
5
Aurora18.6 mi away
5%48
6
Wheat Ridge2.5 mi away
4%37
7
Thornton11.6 mi away
4%34
8
Colorado Springs65 mi away
3%29
9
Broomfield12.1 mi away
2%19
10
Greeley46.4 mi away
2%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%383
The top trips

Where Lakeside clocks in

8% of workers
9.7 mi awayEnglewood1 Lakeside residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
165.3 mi awayAlamosa1 Lakeside residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
13.9 mi awayLouisville1 Lakeside residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Lakeside

Jobs based in LakesideJobs Lakeside residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms2%15%
Trade, transport & utilities51%38%
Services: health, schools, offices48%46%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%15%
Over $3,333 a month43%77%

Who does it

29 or younger28%8%
30 to 5447%77%
55 and older25%15%
+132%

Jobs based in Lakeside, 2013 → 2023: 407 → 944. 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 Lakeside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Lakeside

Working from home
0%

of Lakeside workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Lakeside gets to work
50%Drive alone
50%Walk

Share of the 2 commuters (the 0% 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

Short hops and long hauls from Lakeside

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEnglewood: 8% · 9.7 miAlamosa: 8% · 165.3 miLouisville: 8% · 13.9 miGolden: 8% · 8.5 miCommerce City: 8% · 15.7 miArvada: 8% · 6.2 miLakewood: 8% · 6.4 miWestminster: 8% · 7 miAurora: 8% · 18.6 miDenver: 8% · 9.5 miEnglewood 8%Alamosa 8%Louisville 8%Golden 8%Commerce City 8%Lakeside
LakesideTop destinations (size = commuters)
62%Under 10 mi8 residents
31%10–24 mi4 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
8%Over 50 mi1 residents

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.

Next door

The towns around Lakeside

Denver: 8% of workers work hereDenverLakeside
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Denver8% of Lakeside works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownLakeside workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Lakeside–————
Denver8%B+A+25 min$94,718

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Denver. Darker towns draw more of Lakeside’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Lakeside: questions

What is the poverty rate in Lakeside?

50.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Lakeside work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Englewood (8%, 10 mi), Alamosa (8%, 165 mi), Louisville (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Lakeside 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 Lakeside, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Lakeside

Lakeside home →
HandbookGetting around LakesideRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in COShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.