With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Welby works elsewhere
Employers in Welby report 3,685 jobs; 7,579 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Welby are B for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 13.2 in Denver.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Welby
Welby and Denver trade workers both ways
Denver is the top workplace for Welby residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Welby come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Welby’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Colorado average of 25. Time on the road ↓
Welby makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Welby are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Welby residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. 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.
Where Welby’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Welby is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #101 of 159 in Colorado. Job access by car holds Welby’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Welby could be anywhere from C+ to A.
27% of working residents work in Denver
Where Welby clocks in
27% of workers
7% 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.
The trip to work from Welby: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Welby workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,934 commuters (the 10% 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.
Welby works in goods: 37% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Welby, 2013 → 2023: 3,562 → 3,685. 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 Welby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Welby
On a workday 7,490 residents head out to work, 89 work right here, and 3,596 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Welby on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
How many miles Welby commutes
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.
Welby is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Welby is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #77 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% 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 8,834 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 54% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 20% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 3.7% of Welby households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Welby’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000, Welby ranks 1,308th of 2,220 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 78 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Greenwood Village CO | 15,323 | $149K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 208 | Superior CO | 13,637 | $159K | 3.2% | 3.7% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,306 | Azle TX | 15,365 | $69K | 12.2% | 4.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,307 | College AK | 11,924 | $84K | 6.5% | 4.4% | — | B |
| 1,308 | Welby CO | 16,197 | $80K | 12.6% | 5.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,309 | Hybla Valley VA | 17,257 | $81K | 9.4% | 8.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,310 | Haysville KS | 11,353 | $68K | 11.9% | 3.7% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Welby, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
10% of Welby works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Thornton (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Welby workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welby | – | B | A− | 28 min | $80,026 |
| Thornton | 6% | A− | A− | 30 min | $103,088 |
| North Washington | 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Sherrelwood | under 2% | B | A+ | 30 min | $75,327 |
| Twin Lakes | under 2% | B+ | A | 30 min | $95,583 |
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 Welby’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 Welby: questions
What is the median household income in Welby?
$80,026 (±$13,283) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Welby?
12.6%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Welby?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Welby work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (27%, 7 mi), Aurora (7%, 16 mi), Thornton (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Welby walkable?
Welby is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Welby without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 20% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Welby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Welby
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.