Photo: Public domain · Public domainHousehold incomes in Timnath are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 28% of workers; Colorado has 21%. Poverty touches 4.4% of residents, next to 9.4% for Colorado as a whole. Timnath grades A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Timnath
Timnath and Fort Collins trade workers both ways
Fort Collins is the top workplace for Timnath residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Timnath come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Timnath
72% of Timnath residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 54% of the jobs based in Timnath pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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.
What’s behind Timnath’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Timnath is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #8 of 159 in Colorado. Household income is its strongest input ($178,257, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 69% 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, Timnath could be anywhere from A to A+.
36% of working residents work in Fort Collins
Where Timnath clocks in
36% of workers
11% 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.
Inside Timnath’s 1,314 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Timnath, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 1,314. 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 Timnath’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Timnath for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,090 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 1,246 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,800 people are in Timnath on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.42 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Timnath
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Timnath workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,115 commuters (the 28% 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 Timnath to work
About 20% 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.
Driving is how Timnath gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Timnath is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #117 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 4,322 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 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% 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). 0.0% of Timnath households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Timnath’s commuters take a bus or train.
Timnath is 108th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Hockessin DE | 13,439 | $171K | 1.5% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| 107 | Honeygo MD | 12,250 | $146K | 1.8% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| 108 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 109 | Berkley MI | 15,145 | $116K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 110 | Lake Elmo MN | 14,376 | $154K | 4.8% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Greenwood Village CO | 15,323 | $149K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 13% | 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 Timnath, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
36% of Timnath works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Timnath workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timnath | – | A+ | B | 24 min | $178,257 |
| Fort Collins | 36% | A− | A+ | 20 min | $85,070 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Collins. Darker towns draw more of Timnath’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 Timnath: questions
What is the median household income in Timnath?
$178,257 (±$13,812) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Timnath?
4.4%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Timnath?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Timnath work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Collins (36%, 5 mi), Loveland (11%, 10 mi), Denver (6%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Timnath walkable?
Timnath is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Timnath without a car?
0% 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 Timnath, from the people who make the trip.
More of Timnath
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.