Arrowhead Lodge · Photo: Paul Murr · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Red Feather Lakes commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 5% work in Red Feather Lakes; the top destination outside it is Fort Collins (13%, 32 miles). There are 62 jobs in Red Feather Lakes, and 134 of its residents work somewhere. For 19% of workers, the job is at home (Colorado 21%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Red Feather Lakes, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 127 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Red Feather Lakes on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 Red Feather Lakes’ working residents head each day
Where Red Feather Lakes clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Red Feather Lakes: what the 62 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Feather Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 62. 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 Red Feather Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Red Feather Lakes
of Red Feather Lakes workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 195 commuters (the 19% 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.
How many miles Red Feather Lakes commutes
About 56% 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 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 Red Feather Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Red Feather Lakes?
$138,696 (±$97,287) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Feather Lakes?
7.7%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Red Feather Lakes work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Collins (13%, 32 mi), Denver (10%, 81 mi), Wellington (2%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Red Feather Lakes 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 Red Feather Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Feather Lakes
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.