Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Households in The Pinery earn more than those in 98% of U.S. towns
34% of workers have no commute at all, against 21% across Colorado. Below the poverty line: 1.0% of residents (Colorado 9.4%). Jobs and income earn The Pinery A; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in The Pinery
A lot of The Pinery works from home
34% of The Pinery workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Time on the road ↓
The Pinery is a place people come home to
There are 1,141 jobs based in The Pinery, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday The Pinery has about 7,200 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The Pinery’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside The Pinery is Denver, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (1,271) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The Pinery workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The Pinery has added jobs fast
Jobs based in The Pinery went from 803 in 2014 to 1,141 in 2024, +42%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
The four measures behind The Pinery’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, The Pinery is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #24 of 159 in Colorado. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, The Pinery could be anywhere from A to A+.
Commuting from The Pinery: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of The Pinery workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,274 commuters (the 34% 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 daily flow of workers through The Pinery
On a workday 5,700 residents head out to work, 147 work right here, and 994 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in The Pinery on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.20 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 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from The Pinery 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.
73% of the jobs in The Pinery pay over $3,333 a month
1,141 jobs are based in The Pinery.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in The Pinery, 2014 → 2024: 803 → 1,141. 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 The Pinery’s own residents hold wherever they work.
22% of working residents work in Denver
Where The Pinery clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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.
Few in The Pinery walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, The Pinery is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #146 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place The Pinery 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 6,483 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). 0.5% of The Pinery households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of The Pinery’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, The Pinery is 280th among 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 278 | Saddle Brook Township NJ | 14,441 | $129K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 6% | A |
| 279 | Upper Southampton Township PA | 15,067 | $105K | 4.4% | 3.1% | 8% | A |
| 280 | The Pinery CO | 11,871 | $194K | 1.0% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| 281 | Pingree Grove IL | 12,545 | $114K | 1.2% | 3.7% | 1% | A |
| 282 | Franklin Park PA | 14,978 | $177K | 0.7% | 4.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 The Pinery, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
The towns around The Pinery
The biggest share goes to Castle Rock (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | The Pinery workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pinery | – | A | C | 31 min | $194,446 |
| Castle Rock | 7% | A | B | 29 min | $145,197 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of The Pinery’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 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 The Pinery: questions
What is the median household income in The Pinery?
$194,446 (±$16,466) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in The Pinery?
1.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from The Pinery?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in The Pinery work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (22%, 23 mi), Aurora (8%, 18 mi), Parker (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is The Pinery walkable?
The Pinery is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around The Pinery without a car?
1% 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 The Pinery, from the people who make the trip.
More of The Pinery
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. 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.