Household incomes in Twin Lakes top those of 73% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 9.8% of residents, where Colorado as a whole has 9.4%. For jobs and income Twin Lakes is better than 72% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (A). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 13.2 in Denver.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Twin Lakes in brief
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Twin Lakes’ working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 30 minutes, longer than the Colorado average of 25. Time on the road ↓
Twin Lakes and Denver trade workers both ways
Denver is the top workplace for Twin Lakes residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Twin Lakes come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Twin Lakes’ grade explained
Job access by car holds Twin Lakes’ grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Twin Lakes could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Getting to work from Twin Lakes takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twin Lakes workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,740 commuters (the 16% 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.
33% of working residents work in Denver
Where Twin Lakes clocks in
33% of workers
6% 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.
Who leaves Twin Lakes for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,257 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 3,164 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,900 people are in Twin Lakes on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.75 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.
What the 3,254 jobs in Twin Lakes are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Lakes, 2014 → 2024: 3,326 → 3,254. 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 Twin Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Twin Lakes’ commute, mile by mile
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Twin Lakes
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.5% 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 4,478 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% 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 Twin Lakes households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Twin Lakes’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Twin Lakes ranks: 1,039th of 3,015 U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,800
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 150 | Mead CO | 7,042 | $125K | 1.4% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,037 | Ashburnham MA | 6,554 | $119K | 6.8% | 3.0% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,038 | Greenfield Township OH | 5,954 | $86K | 5.8% | 4.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,039 | Twin Lakes CO | 8,030 | $96K | 9.8% | 4.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,040 | Progress Village FL | 10,450 | $89K | 7.4% | 4.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,041 | Murrells Inlet SC | 10,044 | $77K | 7.3% | 2.0% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,015 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Twin Lakes, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
How Twin Lakes compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Westminster (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Twin Lakes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Lakes | – | B+ | A | 30 min | $95,583 |
| North Washington | 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Westminster | 5% | A− | A− | 27 min | $100,272 |
| Berkley | under 3% | B− | A | 27 min | $84,637 |
| Sherrelwood | under 3% | B | A+ | 30 min | $75,327 |
| Welby | under 3% | B | A− | 28 min | $80,026 |
Same-state neighbors only. North Washington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Twin Lakes’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 Twin Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Lakes?
$95,583 (±$20,439) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Lakes?
9.8%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Lakes?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Lakes work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (33%, 8 mi), Aurora (6%, 17 mi), Westminster (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Twin Lakes walkable?
Twin Lakes is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Twin Lakes without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Twin Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Lakes
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.