Work & commute · Wyoming

Work & commute in Wyoming, MI

Most working residents leave Wyoming for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (22%), Kentwood (9%) and Cascade (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

5,003 of 33,348 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,345 Wyoming residents head out of town to work, 5,003 work right here, and 37,603 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wyoming.

28,345live here, work elsewhere

5,003live and work here

37,603work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wyoming goes to work

Grand Rapids5.5 mi away

22%7,426

Wyoming (in town)right here

15%5,003

Kentwood5.8 mi away

9%2,840

Cascade10.9 mi away

6%1,961

Grandville2.4 mi away

5%1,597

Walker7.8 mi away

4%1,277

Byron5.5 mi away

3%1,075

Georgetown7.1 mi away

2%691

Gaines7.9 mi away

2%641

Holland19.3 mi away

2%558

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%10,279

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wyoming commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

69%

16%

11%

69%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wyoming is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wyoming are

42,606 jobs are based in Wyoming. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wyoming’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wyoming

42,606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Wyoming residents hold

33,348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+23%

Jobs based in Wyoming, 2011 → 2021: 34,684 → 42,606. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.