Humphrey House · Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Pine Valley has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Pine Valley; the top destination outside it is Denver (20%, 29 miles). Employers in Pine Valley report 7 jobs, against 153 working residents. For 36% of workers, the job is at home, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pine Valley quiets down on a workday
On a workday 153 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Pine Valley on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 the trip to work from Pine Valley ends
Where Pine Valley clocks in
20% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Pine Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Valley, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 7. 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 Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Pine Valley spends getting to work: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Valley workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 99 commuters (the 36% 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.
The commute from Pine Valley, by distance
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.
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 Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Valley?
$127,104 (±$24,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Valley?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Valley?
36 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Valley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (20%, 29 mi), Lakewood (8%, 16 mi), Evergreen (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Valley 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 Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Valley
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.