Sunshine School · Photo: Bill German · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Tall Timber commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Tall Timber has 3 jobs; 88 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Tall Timber for work; outside it, Boulder is the main destination (25%, 5 miles). For 75% of workers, the job is at home, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Tall Timber
On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Tall Timber on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Tall Timber’s working residents head each day
Where Tall Timber clocks in
25% of workers
14% 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 health care, schools and offices in Tall Timber
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tall Timber, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 3. 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 Tall Timber’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Tall Timber
of Tall Timber workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 commuters (the 75% 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 distance from Tall Timber to work
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 Tall Timber: questions
What is the median household income in Tall Timber?
$203,110 (±$177,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tall Timber?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Tall Timber work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (25%, 5 mi), Denver (14%, 30 mi), Nederland (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Tall Timber 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 Tall Timber, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tall Timber
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.