Work and Jobs in West Adams, Colorado (CO) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
The most common industries in West Adams are: Construction (10.4% of civilian employees), Professional, scientific, technical services (6.1% of civilian employees), Health care (5.9% of civilian employees). 77.0% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 12.5% greater than the rate of 67.3% across the entire state of Colorado.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
| Construction | 10.4% (14,210) | 17.1% (12,717) | 2.4% (1,493) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 6.1% (8,332) | 5.5% (4,124) | 6.8% (4,208) |
| Health care | 5.9% (8,054) | 2.0% (1,496) | 10.6% (6,558) |
| Educational services | 5.7% (7,725) | 3.0% (2,265) | 8.8% (5,460) |
| Accommodation and food services | 5.5% (7,463) | 4.8% (3,587) | 6.2% (3,876) |
| Finance and insurance | 4.6% (6,318) | 2.4% (1,812) | 7.3% (4,506) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 4.5% (6,138) | 4.5% (3,355) | 4.5% (2,783) |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 4.0% (5,417) | 3.9% (2,904) | 4.0% (2,513) |
| Public administration | 3.6% (4,938) | 3.3% (2,434) | 4.0% (2,504) |
| Computer and electronic products | 3.3% (4,553) | 3.6% (2,647) | 3.1% (1,906) |
| Food and beverage stores | 2.8% (3,779) | 2.5% (1,888) | 3.0% (1,891) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 2.0% (2,764) | 1.8% (1,329) | 2.3% (1,435) |
| Repair and maintenance | 2.0% (2,708) | 3.1% (2,321) | 0.6% (387) |
| Truck transportation | 2.0% (2,673) | 2.8% (2,095) | 0.9% (578) |
| Social assistance | 1.8% (2,411) | 0.4% (279) | 3.4% (2,132) |
| Department and other general merchandise stores | 1.7% (2,343) | 1.0% (728) | 2.6% (1,615) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 1.7% (2,309) | 2.2% (1,641) | 1.1% (668) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1.7% (2,280) | 2.3% (1,742) | 0.9% (538) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1.6% (2,175) | 1.5% (1,137) | 1.7% (1,038) |
| Air transportation | 1.5% (1,994) | 1.8% (1,307) | 1.1% (687) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1.4% (1,968) | 1.3% (997) | 1.6% (971) |
| Personal and laundry services | 1.3% (1,727) | 0.6% (414) | 2.1% (1,313) |
| U. S. Postal service | 1.2% (1,581) | 1.3% (932) | 1.0% (649) |
| Metal and metal products | 1.2% (1,572) | 1.6% (1,226) | 0.6% (346) |
| Food | 1.1% (1,479) | 1.4% (1,025) | 0.7% (454) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1.0% (1,426) | 1.2% (888) | 0.9% (538) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 1.0% (1,401) | 0.7% (511) | 1.4% (890) |
| Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 1.0% (1,368) | 1.3% (949) | 0.7% (419) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.9% (1,264) | 1.0% (742) | 0.8% (522) |
| Utilities | 0.9% (1,195) | 1.1% (841) | 0.6% (354) |
| Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.8% (1,051) | 1.0% (739) | 0.5% (312) |
| Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.7% (1,014) | 1.0% (727) | 0.5% (287) |
| Transportation equipment | 0.7% (1,013) | 0.9% (704) | 0.5% (309) |
| Other direct selling establishments | 0.7% (981) | 0.6% (438) | 0.9% (543) |
| Machinery | 0.7% (975) | 1.1% (786) | 0.3% (189) |
| Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.7% (931) | 0.7% (515) | 0.7% (416) |
| Printing and related support activities | 0.7% (929) | 0.7% (543) | 0.6% (386) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.7% (896) | 0.6% (415) | 0.8% (481) |
| Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.6% (800) | 0.4% (316) | 0.8% (484) |
| Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.6% (778) | 0.9% (641) | 0.2% (137) |
| Chemicals | 0.5% (615) | 0.5% (386) | 0.4% (229) |
| Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.4% (595) | 0.6% (450) | 0.2% (145) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (592) | 0.5% (344) | 0.4% (248) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.4% (579) | 0.2% (172) | 0.7% (407) |
| Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (574) | 0.5% (403) | 0.3% (171) |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.4% (510) | 0.6% (422) | 0.1% (88) |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.4% (483) | 0.6% (427) | 0.1% (56) |
| Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.3% (448) | 0.3% (186) | 0.4% (262) |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 0.3% (446) | 0.3% (225) | 0.4% (221) |
| Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.3% (437) | 0.3% (258) | 0.3% (179) |
| Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (426) | 0.4% (321) | 0.2% (105) |
| Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (415) | 0.4% (332) | 0.1% (83) |
| Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (405) | 0.4% (273) | 0.2% (132) |
| Paper | 0.3% (402) | 0.3% (260) | 0.2% (142) |
| Plastics and rubber products | 0.3% (395) | 0.4% (268) | 0.2% (127) |
| Gasoline stations | 0.3% (386) | 0.2% (176) | 0.3% (210) |
| Rail transportation | 0.3% (384) | 0.5% (354) | 0.0% (30) |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 0.3% (382) | 0.3% (250) | 0.2% (132) |
| Wood products | 0.2% (323) | 0.4% (268) | 0.1% (55) |
| Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (317) | 0.3% (192) | 0.2% (125) |
| Private households | 0.2% (312) | 0.0% (18) | 0.5% (294) |
| Warehousing and storage | 0.2% (294) | 0.3% (223) | 0.1% (71) |
| Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 0.2% (252) | 0.1% (68) | 0.3% (184) |
| Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (250) | 0.2% (145) | 0.2% (105) |
| Paper and paper products merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (243) | 0.2% (164) | 0.1% (79) |
| Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.2% (242) | 0.2% (159) | 0.1% (83) |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 0.2% (236) | 0.2% (147) | 0.1% (89) |
| Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (227) | 0.2% (175) | 0.1% (52) |
| Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (224) | 0.3% (200) | 0.0% (24) |
| Health and personal care, except drug, stores | 0.2% (211) | 0.0% (22) | 0.3% (189) |
| Book stores and news dealers | 0.1% (199) | 0.1% (98) | 0.2% (101) |
| Textile mills and textile products | 0.1% (170) | 0.1% (90) | 0.1% (80) |
| Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (164) | 0.1% (109) | 0.1% (55) |
| Petroleum and coal products | 0.1% (157) | 0.2% (131) | 0.0% (26) |
| Retail florists | 0.1% (151) | 0.0% (28) | 0.2% (123) |
| Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (150) | 0.1% (60) | 0.1% (90) |
| Recyclable material merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (128) | 0.1% (108) | 0.0% (20) |
Unemployment in West Adams
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 3.0%Males
- 3.5%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 6.0%Males
- 4.5%Females
- Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
- 5.1%Males
- 7.3%Females
- Unemployment rate for Asian residents
- 3.9%Males
- 2.5%Females
- Unemployment rate for other race residents
- 5.3%Males
- 4.9%Females
- Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
- 8.7%Males
- 6.3%Females
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 7.2%Males
- 5.6%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
| West Adams: | 4.2% (5,650) |
| Colorado: | 2.9% (62,865) |
5:30am:
| West Adams: | 3.6% (4,832) |
| Colorado: | 2.6% (57,037) |
6am:
| West Adams: | 6.7% (9,066) |
| Colorado: | 4.6% (100,940) |
6:30am:
| West Adams: | 11.4% (15,288) |
| Colorado: | 9.0% (197,321) |
7am:
| West Adams: | 12.1% (16,220) |
| Colorado: | 11.3% (246,749) |
7:30am:
| West Adams: | 15.2% (20,471) |
| Colorado: | 15.4% (336,717) |
8am:
| West Adams: | 12.7% (17,025) |
| Colorado: | 15.0% (329,151) |
8:30am:
| West Adams: | 7.9% (10,668) |
| Colorado: | 10.0% (219,216) |
9am:
| West Adams: | 3.7% (4,912) |
| Colorado: | 4.8% (105,802) |
10am:
| West Adams: | 3.9% (5,220) |
| Colorado: | 5.2% (114,870) |
11am:
| West Adams: | 1.7% (2,282) |
| Colorado: | 2.2% (48,948) |
12pm:
| West Adams: | 1.1% (1,487) |
| Colorado: | 1.0% (22,224) |
4pm:
| West Adams: | 6.3% (8,396) |
| Colorado: | 5.6% (122,019) |
>4pm:
| West Adams: | 6.4% (8,570) |
| Colorado: | 5.5% (119,635) |
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes:
| West Adams: | 1.1% (1,507) |
| Colorado: | 3.3% (72,206) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| West Adams: | 6.0% (8,117) |
| Colorado: | 10.8% (235,913) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| West Adams: | 10.3% (13,901) |
| Colorado: | 14.5% (318,642) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| West Adams: | 14.3% (19,168) |
| Colorado: | 15.2% (333,306) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| West Adams: | 15.9% (21,380) |
| Colorado: | 14.3% (313,409) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| West Adams: | 7.5% (10,044) |
| Colorado: | 5.7% (125,679) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| West Adams: | 18.2% (24,427) |
| Colorado: | 12.8% (281,268) |
35 to 39 minutes:
| West Adams: | 4.1% (5,495) |
| Colorado: | 2.6% (56,816) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| West Adams: | 4.4% (5,905) |
| Colorado: | 3.3% (71,983) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| West Adams: | 8.6% (11,539) |
| Colorado: | 6.6% (145,592) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| West Adams: | 4.4% (5,915) |
| Colorado: | 3.9% (85,337) |
90 or more minutes:
| West Adams: | 2.0% (2,689) |
| Colorado: | 2.0% (43,343) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
| West Adams: | 77.4% (104,033) |
| Colorado: | 75.1% (1,646,454) |
Carpooled:
| West Adams: | 13.1% (17,645) |
| Colorado: | 12.2% (268,168) |
Bus or trolley bus:
| West Adams: | 4.2% (5,622) |
| Colorado: | 3.0% (66,179) |
Streetcar or trolley car:
| West Adams: | 0.1% (70) |
| Colorado: | 0.0% (780) |
Subway or elevated:
| West Adams: | 0.0% (9) |
| Colorado: | 0.0% (738) |
Railroad:
| West Adams: | 0.0% (23) |
| Colorado: | 0.0% (407) |
Taxicab:
| West Adams: | 0.0% (60) |
| Colorado: | 0.1% (1,254) |
Motorcycle:
| West Adams: | 0.2% (215) |
| Colorado: | 0.1% (2,582) |
Bicycle:
| West Adams: | 0.2% (212) |
| Colorado: | 0.8% (16,905) |
Walked:
| West Adams: | 1.1% (1,520) |
| Colorado: | 3.0% (65,668) |
Other means:
| West Adams: | 0.5% (678) |
| Colorado: | 0.6% (14,202) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
| West Adams: | 85.5% (104,033) |
| Colorado: | 86.0% (1,646,454) |
In 2 person carpool:
| West Adams: | 12.0% (14,571) |
| Colorado: | 11.0% (210,761) |
In 3 person carpool:
| West Adams: | 1.8% (2,181) |
| Colorado: | 2.0% (37,987) |
In 4 person carpool:
| West Adams: | 0.5% (639) |
| Colorado: | 0.6% (12,167) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
| West Adams: | 0.1% (173) |
| Colorado: | 0.3% (5,172) |
In 7+ person carpool:
| West Adams: | 0.1% (81) |
| Colorado: | 0.1% (2,081) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
| West Adams: | 77.0% (105,059) |
| Colorado: | 67.3% (1,485,056) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| West Adams: | 2.6% (3,548) |
| Colorado: | 4.4% (96,165) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| West Adams: | 4.7% (6,460) |
| Colorado: | 6.4% (141,129) |
Local government workers:
| West Adams: | 5.5% (7,468) |
| Colorado: | 6.9% (152,123) |
State government workers:
| West Adams: | 2.3% (3,185) |
| Colorado: | 3.9% (85,273) |
Federal government workers:
| West Adams: | 3.0% (4,067) |
| Colorado: | 3.1% (68,409) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| West Adams: | 4.7% (6,415) |
| Colorado: | 7.7% (169,415) |
Unpaid family workers:
| West Adams: | 0.2% (326) |
| Colorado: | 0.3% (7,624) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| West Adams: | 80.1% (59,582) |
| Colorado: | 70.0% (837,579) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
| West Adams: | 3.4% (2,526) |
| Colorado: | 5.7% (68,129) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
| West Adams: | 2.5% (1,824) |
| Colorado: | 3.8% (45,796) |
Local government workers - Males:
| West Adams: | 4.4% (3,253) |
| Colorado: | 5.4% (64,615) |
State government workers - Males:
| West Adams: | 1.5% (1,137) |
| Colorado: | 3.2% (38,404) |
Federal government workers - Males:
| West Adams: | 3.0% (2,227) |
| Colorado: | 3.3% (39,817) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| West Adams: | 5.0% (3,748) |
| Colorado: | 8.3% (98,982) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
| West Adams: | 0.1% (94) |
| Colorado: | 0.3% (3,439) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| West Adams: | 73.2% (45,477) |
| Colorado: | 64.2% (647,477) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
| West Adams: | 1.6% (1,022) |
| Colorado: | 2.8% (28,036) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| West Adams: | 7.5% (4,636) |
| Colorado: | 9.5% (95,333) |
Local government workers - Females:
| West Adams: | 6.8% (4,215) |
| Colorado: | 8.7% (87,508) |
State government workers - Females:
| West Adams: | 3.3% (2,048) |
| Colorado: | 4.6% (46,869) |
Federal government workers - Females:
| West Adams: | 3.0% (1,840) |
| Colorado: | 2.8% (28,592) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| West Adams: | 4.3% (2,667) |
| Colorado: | 7.0% (70,433) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
| West Adams: | 0.4% (232) |
| Colorado: | 0.4% (4,185) |