Mountain Meadows has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For 45% of workers, the job is at home, where Colorado as a whole has 21%. There are 27 jobs in Mountain Meadows for 92 working residents. Only 1% stay in Mountain Meadows for work; outside it, Boulder is the main destination (34%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mountain Meadows on a workday afternoon
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Mountain Meadows on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 people from Mountain Meadows work
Where Mountain Meadows clocks in
34% of workers
9% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Mountain Meadows
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 27. 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 Mountain Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mountain Meadows
of Mountain Meadows workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 61 commuters (the 45% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mountain Meadows
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.
Mountain Meadows and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mountain Meadows workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Meadows | – | — | — | — | — |
| Sugarloaf | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Crisman | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sugarloaf and Crisman: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mountain Meadows’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 Mountain Meadows: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mountain Meadows?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mountain Meadows work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (34%, 7 mi), Denver (9%, 32 mi), Westminster (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mountain Meadows 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 Mountain Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain Meadows
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.