Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Lochbuie has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Lochbuie report 259 jobs, and 4,305 of its residents work somewhere. Lochbuie grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 12% of workers have no commute at all, where Colorado as a whole has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lochbuie and work: the main findings
Fewer jobs are based in Lochbuie than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Lochbuie fell from 579 in 2014 to 259 in 2024, −55%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Lochbuie is a place people come home to
There are 259 jobs based in Lochbuie, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lochbuie has about 4,700 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lochbuie workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 69 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Lochbuie’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lochbuie is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #49 of 159 in Colorado. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lochbuie could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Lochbuie works in goods: 32% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lochbuie, 2014 → 2024: 579 → 259. 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 Lochbuie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Lochbuie by day
On a workday 4,267 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Lochbuie on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
Time on the road from Lochbuie: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lochbuie workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,091 commuters (the 12% 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.
18% of working residents work in Denver
Where Lochbuie clocks in
18% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
The commute from Lochbuie, by distance
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.
Getting around Lochbuie: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lochbuie is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #158 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Lochbuie 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 4,660 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). 2.4% of Lochbuie households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lochbuie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,100 to 11,800, Lochbuie ranks 670th of 2,927 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
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| 70 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 668 | Marina del Rey CA | 9,176 | $147K | 1.8% | 11.2% | 4% | A− |
| 669 | Burtonsville MD | 10,203 | $134K | 4.3% | 6.7% | 3% | A− |
| 670 | Lochbuie CO | 8,776 | $97K | 7.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A− |
| 671 | Hampshire IL | 9,266 | $95K | 7.8% | 2.5% | 4% | A− |
| 672 | Roanoke TX | 10,931 | $97K | 4.5% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,927 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Lochbuie, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Lochbuie and its neighbors: 10% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Brighton. Darker towns draw more of Lochbuie’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 Lochbuie: questions
What is the median household income in Lochbuie?
$97,009 (±$24,552) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lochbuie?
7.7%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lochbuie?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lochbuie work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (18%, 19 mi), Brighton (10%, 5 mi), Aurora (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lochbuie walkable?
Lochbuie is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lochbuie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lochbuie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lochbuie
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. 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.