Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Westcreek works elsewhere
Westcreek has 16 jobs for 69 working residents. Only 1% work in Westcreek itself; outside it, Denver draws the most (19%, 45 miles). At home: 6% of workers have no commute at all (Colorado 21%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Westcreek: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Westcreek on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Westcreek commutes to
Where Westcreek clocks in
19% of workers
17% 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.
Most jobs in Westcreek are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westcreek, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 16. 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 Westcreek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Westcreek: about 54 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Westcreek workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 126 commuters (the 6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Westcreek
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.
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 Westcreek: questions
What is the median household income in Westcreek?
$104,750 (±$47,620) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Westcreek?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Westcreek?
54 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Westcreek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (19%, 45 mi), Castle Rock (17%, 23 mi), Aurora (7%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Westcreek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Westcreek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westcreek
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.