Most of Lazy Acres commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
38% of workers have no commute at all, against 21% across Colorado. 68 jobs are based in Lazy Acres for 340 working residents. Hardly any stay in Lazy Acres for work; outside it, Boulder is the main destination (35%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lazy Acres
Lazy Acres and Boulder trade workers both ways
Boulder is the top workplace for Lazy Acres residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Lazy Acres come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lazy Acres is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Lazy Acres, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lazy Acres has about 510 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Lazy Acres works from home
38% of Lazy Acres workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 340 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Lazy Acres’ working residents head each day
Where Lazy Acres clocks in
35% of workers
12% 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.
Lazy Acres quiets down on a workday
On a workday 337 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Lazy Acres on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
How long Lazy Acres spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lazy Acres workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 commuters (the 38% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Lazy Acres
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lazy Acres, 2014 → 2024: 46 → 68. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lazy Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lazy Acres’ commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Lazy Acres and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lazy Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lazy Acres | – | — | — | 26 min | $147,625 |
| Glendale | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Glendale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lazy Acres’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 2024, 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 Lazy Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Lazy Acres?
$147,625 (±$87,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lazy Acres?
17.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lazy Acres?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lazy Acres work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (35%, 6 mi), Denver (12%, 33 mi), Colorado Springs (5%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lazy Acres 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 Lazy Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lazy Acres
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.