Work & commute · Afton

Work & commute in Afton, WY

53% of Afton’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Jackson (6%), Thayne (3%) and Alpine (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

462 of 866 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 404 Afton residents head out of town to work, 462 work right here, and 1,970 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Afton.

404live here, work elsewhere

462live and work here

1,970work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Afton goes to work

Afton (in town)right here

53%462

Jackson52.1 mi away

6%51

Thayne13.8 mi away

3%22

Alpine31.2 mi away

2%17

Hoback41.3 mi away

2%13

Grover5.2 mi away

1%10

Kemmerer68.3 mi away

1%9

Cheyenne333.9 mi away

1%8

Casper233.9 mi away

1%8

Rexburg, ID87.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%259

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

How far

How far Afton commutes

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

62%

23%

62%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Afton is a job hub

2.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Afton are

2,432 jobs are based in Afton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Afton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Afton

2,432 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Afton residents hold

866 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+29%

Jobs based in Afton, 2013 → 2023: 1,892 → 2,432. 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.