Photo: Ilike2read · CC BY-SA 3.0Roxborough Park has higher household incomes than 97% of U.S. towns
3.0% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.4% across Colorado. The two grades for Roxborough Park are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 31% of workers work from home (Colorado 21%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Roxborough Park
Roxborough Park has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Roxborough Park went from 469 in 2013 to 888 in 2023, +89%. The jobs ↓
Roxborough Park workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Roxborough Park is a place people come home to
There are 888 jobs based in Roxborough Park, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Roxborough Park has about 4,500 people in it, 51% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Roxborough Park’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Roxborough Park is Denver, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (1,218) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Roxborough Park works from home
31% of Roxborough Park workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Roxborough Park
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Roxborough Park is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #34 of 159 in Colorado. Household income is its strongest input ($173,083, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Roxborough Park could be anywhere from A− to A+.
67% of the jobs in Roxborough Park pay over $3,333 a month
888 jobs are based in Roxborough Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roxborough Park, 2013 → 2023: 469 → 888. 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 Roxborough Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Roxborough Park: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roxborough Park workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,309 commuters (the 31% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Roxborough Park
On a workday 5,291 residents head out to work, 185 work right here, and 703 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Roxborough Park on a workday afternoon, 51% fewer than live here.
0.16 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 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Roxborough Park commutes less than 16 miles
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.
22% of working residents work in Denver
Where Roxborough Park clocks in
22% of workers
5% 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.
Most of Roxborough Park commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roxborough Park is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #123 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Roxborough Park near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,793 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Roxborough Park households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Roxborough Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Roxborough Park is 400th of 2,855 U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 398 | Arden Hills MN | 9,583 | $134K | 4.7% | 4.6% | 6% | A |
| 399 | Brook Highland AL | 8,146 | $80K | 4.6% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| 400 | Roxborough Park CO | 9,085 | $173K | 3.0% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| 401 | Lakeland Highlands FL | 12,102 | $108K | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 402 | Beckett Ridge OH | 9,496 | $116K | 5.2% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Roxborough Park, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
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 Roxborough Park: questions
What is the median household income in Roxborough Park?
$173,083 (±$11,749) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roxborough Park?
3.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roxborough Park?
36 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roxborough Park work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (22%, 24 mi), Lakewood (7%, 18 mi), Highlands Ranch (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Roxborough Park walkable?
Roxborough Park is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roxborough Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roxborough Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roxborough Park
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.