Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0About half of Oak Creek’s working residents commute to Steamboat Springs
Working residents average 25 minutes each way, about the same as across Colorado. 6% of workers work from home; Colorado has 21%. Only 4% work in Oak Creek itself; outside it, Steamboat Springs draws the most (45%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oak Creek: the figures worth knowing
Nearly half of Oak Creek works in Steamboat Springs
159 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Steamboat Springs, 16 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Oak Creek itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 357 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Oak Creek’s residents
Where Oak Creek clocks in
45% of workers
5% of workers
2% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Oak Creek
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Who works in Oak Creek, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 344 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Oak Creek on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Inside Oak Creek’s 175 jobs
175 jobs are based in Oak Creek.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Creek, 2014 → 2024: 205 → 175. 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 Oak Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Oak Creek: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oak Creek workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 418 commuters (the 6% 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.
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 Oak Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Oak Creek?
$85,313 (±$15,004) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oak Creek?
12.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oak Creek?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oak Creek work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Oak Creek 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 Oak Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Creek
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.