Photo: Hustvedt · CC BY-SA 3.0Ward has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 11% of workers, the job is at home, where Colorado as a whole has 21%. Employers in Ward report 11 jobs for 54 working residents. Hardly any stay in Ward for work; outside it, Boulder is the main destination (30%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Ward
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 81 people are in Ward on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Ward goes to work
Where Ward clocks in
30% of workers
20% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Ward
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ward, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 11. 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 Ward’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Ward
of Ward workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 11% 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.
How far Ward’s workers travel
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.
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 Ward: questions
What is the median household income in Ward?
$56,875 (±$23,575) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ward?
22.3%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ward work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (30%, 14 mi), Denver (20%, 40 mi), Thornton (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ward without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ward, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ward
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.