Work & commute · Wyoming

Work & commute in Wyoming, MN

Most working residents leave Wyoming for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Forest Lake (9%), Minneapolis (8%) and St. Paul (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

246 of 4,302 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,056 Wyoming residents head out of town to work, 246 work right here, and 2,256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wyoming.

4,056live here, work elsewhere

246live and work here

2,256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wyoming goes to work

Forest Lake6.1 mi away

9%384

Minneapolis29.8 mi away

8%338

St. Paul27.8 mi away

8%329

Wyoming (in town)right here

6%246

Edina36.4 mi away

4%177

Blaine16.4 mi away

3%110

White Bear Lake19.1 mi away

2%102

Vadnais Heights20 mi away

2%91

Roseville24.1 mi away

2%88

Plymouth32.6 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%2,351

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.

20%

33%

41%

20%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wyoming is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wyoming are

2,502 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

2,502 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Wyoming residents hold

4,302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−9%

Jobs based in Wyoming, 2013 → 2023: 2,749 → 2,502. 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 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.