Pine Brook Hill has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
The average commute takes 25 minutes each way, next to 25 for Colorado and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Pine Brook Hill report 176 jobs for 359 working residents. Home is the office for 7% of workers; Colorado has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pine Brook Hill and work: the main findings
38% of working residents work in Boulder
Where Pine Brook Hill clocks in
38% of workers
12% of workers
3% 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.
How a workday changes Pine Brook Hill
On a workday 351 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Pine Brook Hill on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Pine Brook Hill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Brook Hill, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 176. 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 Pine Brook Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Pine Brook Hill: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Brook Hill workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pine Brook Hill
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.
The towns next door employ 38% of Pine Brook Hill
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Brook Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Brook Hill | – | — | — | 25 min | $63,606 |
| Boulder | 38% | A | A+ | 18 min | $87,493 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Boulder. Darker towns draw more of Pine Brook Hill’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 Pine Brook Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Brook Hill?
$63,606 (±$18,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Brook Hill?
3.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Brook Hill?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Brook Hill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (38%, 3 mi), Denver (12%, 30 mi), Westminster (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Brook Hill 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 Pine Brook Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Brook Hill
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.