Slate Creek Bridge · Photo: Thad Roan from Littleton, CO, USA. · CC BY-SA 2.0Silverthorne has higher household incomes than 90% of U.S. towns
30% of workers have no commute at all (Colorado 21%). Below the poverty line: 12.1% of residents, next to 9.4% for Colorado as a whole. Jobs and income earn Silverthorne C; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Silverthorne apart on work
Silverthorne trades workers with the towns around it
Silverthorne has about as many jobs (2,268) as working residents (2,097), but they are mostly different people: 1,818 residents leave for work each day while 1,989 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Silverthorne are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Silverthorne’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Silverthorne is Denver, 65 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (187) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
A lot of Silverthorne works from home
30% of Silverthorne 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.
Inside Silverthorne’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Silverthorne is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #131 of 159 in Colorado. Household income holds Silverthorne’s grade up ($125,478, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (8.6%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Silverthorne could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Silverthorne
On a workday 1,818 residents head out to work, 279 work right here, and 1,989 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).
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 Silverthorne commutes less than 17 miles
About 41% 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.
Commuting from Silverthorne: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silverthorne workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,003 commuters (the 30% 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.
9% of working residents work in Denver
Where Silverthorne clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
What work there is in Silverthorne: 2,268 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silverthorne, 2013 → 2023: 1,875 → 2,268. 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 Silverthorne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Silverthorne is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Silverthorne is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #73 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Silverthorne 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 2,853 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). 2.3% of Silverthorne households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Silverthorne’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,472nd of 3,541: where Silverthorne ranks among U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Todd Creek CO | 5,379 | $194K | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Mead CO | 7,042 | $125K | 1.4% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 205 | Cherry Hills Village CO | 6,389 | $250K | 2.3% | 4.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,470 | Hector NY | 4,733 | $80K | 15.6% | 3.6% | 10% | C |
| 2,471 | Eagar AZ | 4,459 | $83K | 14.9% | 3.2% | 12% | C |
| 2,472 | Silverthorne CO | 5,418 | $125K | 12.1% | 8.6% | 13% | C |
| 2,473 | Oregon Township MI | 5,722 | $84K | 9.4% | 10.9% | 3% | C |
| 2,474 | Lemoore Station CA | 6,175 | $69K | 9.4% | 11.2% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Silverthorne, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Silverthorne and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Dillon (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Silverthorne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverthorne | – | C | A− | 24 min | $125,478 |
| Dillon | 4% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $111,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Silverthorne’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 Silverthorne: questions
What is the median household income in Silverthorne?
$125,478 (±$35,555) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silverthorne?
12.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silverthorne?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silverthorne work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (9%, 65 mi), Breckenridge (8%, 12 mi), Frisco (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Silverthorne walkable?
Silverthorne is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Silverthorne 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 Silverthorne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silverthorne
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.