Households in Severance earn more than those in 90% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Severance itself; outside it, Fort Collins draws the most (23%, 11 miles). Below the poverty line: 5.2% of residents (Colorado 9.4%). For jobs and income Severance is better than 88% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Severance: the gist
The four measures behind Severance’s grade
Household income is its strongest input ($124,572, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns). 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, Severance could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who works in Severance, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,204 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,100 people are in Severance on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.10 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.
The towns that employ Severance’s residents
Where Severance clocks in
23% of workers
9% 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.
Severance makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
531 jobs are based in Severance.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Severance, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 531. 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 Severance’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, about the CO average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Severance workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,314 commuters (the 20% 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 Severance works
About 25% 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.
For most of Severance, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,391 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). 2.0% of Severance households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Severance’s commuters take a bus or train.
Severance is 530th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000 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 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 528 | Cedar Hills OR | 8,388 | $106K | 2.3% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 529 | Lake Barcroft VA | 10,973 | $141K | 5.6% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 530 | Severance CO | 11,841 | $125K | 5.2% | 2.3% | 2% | A |
| 531 | Wyomissing PA | 11,285 | $93K | 7.3% | 2.1% | 10% | A |
| 532 | Kennedale TX | 10,626 | $119K | 11.3% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Severance, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Around Severance: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Windsor (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Severance’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 Severance: questions
What is the median household income in Severance?
$124,572 (±$11,790) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Severance?
5.2%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Severance?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Severance work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Collins (23%, 11 mi), Greeley (9%, 8 mi), Denver (8%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Severance walkable?
Severance is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Severance without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Severance, from the people who make the trip.
More of Severance
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.