Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Sheridan has some of the highest unemployment in the country: 14.5%
12% of workers work from home; Colorado has 21%. The two grades for Sheridan are C for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 13.2 in Denver.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Sheridan apart
Sheridan is where the jobs are
Sheridan has 7,843 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 11,000 people are in town, 86% more than the 6,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Sheridan works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Sheridan: Denver (30%) and Englewood (7%). Next door ↓
Most Sheridan residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Sheridan’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 27 minutes, longer than the Colorado average of 25. Time on the road ↓
Sheridan has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Sheridan went from 5,824 in 2013 to 7,843 in 2023, +35%. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Sheridan’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sheridan is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #132 of 159 in Colorado. Job access by car holds Sheridan’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sheridan could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Who commutes out of Sheridan, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,640 residents head out to work, 88 work right here, and 7,755 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Sheridan on a workday afternoon, 86% more than live here.
2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Miles to work from Sheridan
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.
From Sheridan, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sheridan workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,195 commuters (the 12% 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.
In Sheridan, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
7,843 jobs are based in Sheridan.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sheridan, 2013 → 2023: 5,824 → 7,843. 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 Sheridan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Sheridan
Where Sheridan clocks in
30% of workers
7% 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.
Sheridan is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sheridan is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #45 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 6.4% across Colorado.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,496 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 95% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 74% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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). 4.4% of Sheridan households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sheridan’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Sheridan ranks: 2,419th of 3,394 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Todd Creek CO | 5,379 | $194K | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Mead CO | 7,042 | $125K | 1.4% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 201 | Cherry Hills Village CO | 6,389 | $250K | 2.3% | 4.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,417 | Toronto OH | 5,149 | $56K | 15.2% | 2.9% | 20% | C |
| 2,418 | Lyons NY | 5,555 | $75K | 14.3% | 5.2% | 15% | C |
| 2,419 | Sheridan CO | 5,972 | $61K | 14.0% | 14.5% | 3% | C |
| 2,420 | McGregor TX | 6,405 | $73K | 12.8% | 7.4% | 9% | C |
| 2,421 | Fort Myers Shores FL | 5,946 | $73K | 15.7% | 5.9% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Sheridan, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Sheridan and its neighbors: 37% work next door
The biggest share goes to Denver (30%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Sheridan’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 Sheridan: questions
What is the median household income in Sheridan?
$60,608 (±$7,538) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sheridan?
14.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sheridan?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sheridan work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (30%, 11 mi), Englewood (7%, 1 mi), Lakewood (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sheridan walkable?
Sheridan is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sheridan without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 74% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sheridan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sheridan
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.