Wink's Panorama · Photo: Hustvedt · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Rollinsville
Only 2% work in Rollinsville; the top destination outside it is Black Hawk (14%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole. The average commute takes 23 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Rollinsville on a workday
On a workday 99 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Rollinsville on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.74 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.
The places Rollinsville commutes to
Where Rollinsville clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
75 jobs are based in Rollinsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rollinsville, 2014 → 2024: 23 → 75. 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 Rollinsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Rollinsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rollinsville workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Rollinsville works
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.
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 Rollinsville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rollinsville?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rollinsville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rollinsville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Black Hawk (14%, 8 mi), Nederland (7%, 3 mi), Boulder (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rollinsville 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 Rollinsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rollinsville
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.