Denver

City Commute Profile

Denver, CO

Where Denver’s 365,028 resident workers go each day — 45.0% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Aurora.

ColoradoLODES 2023 data
57
Commute Score

57 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Denver at a glance
Employed Residents
365,028
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
45.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
27.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Aurora
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Denver proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Denver commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Denver

365,028 commutes, one dot at a time

Denver

Where 365,028 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Denver, by worker count.

1Denver0.0 mi164,265
2Aurora9.2 mi34,155
3Lakewood8.3 mi15,375
4Greenwood Village8.3 mi12,134
5Centennial10.1 mi11,870
6Boulder25.7 mi8,079
7Westminster11.5 mi6,164
8Englewood6.1 mi5,747

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Denver.

1Denver0.0 mi164,265
2Aurora9.2 mi57,765
3Lakewood8.3 mi24,225
4Thornton12.6 mi17,095
5Arvada10.8 mi15,891
6Centennial10.1 mi14,896
7Westminster11.5 mi14,255
8Highlands Ranch13.1 mi12,989

Top industries

The sectors that employ Denver’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services14.7%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.7%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.5%
RTRetail Trade6.4%
FIFinance and Insurance5.9%
WSWholesale Trade5.5%
COConstruction4.1%

Denver city profile

Who lives in Denver — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
718,877
Median age
35.3yrs
Median household income
$94,718
Median home value
$616,000
Median gross rent
$1,831/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
56.5%
Poverty rate
11.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Denver

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

11 providers · 5 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps26%
8 Gbps26%
See all internet providers in Denver

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).