Work & commute · Alpine

Work & commute in Alpine, WY

Most working residents leave Alpine for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (27%), Afton (13%) and Thayne (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 476 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 451 Alpine residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alpine.

451live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alpine goes to work

Jackson24.1 mi away

27%128

Afton31.2 mi away

13%63

Thayne17.5 mi away

7%35

Alpine (in town)right here

5%25

Star Valley Ranch13.7 mi away

3%16

Alpine Northeast1.6 mi away

2%10

Etna9.6 mi away

2%8

South Park20.7 mi away

2%8

Hoback16.7 mi away

2%8

Casper238.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%168

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

How far

How far Alpine commutes

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

15%

41%

31%

13%

15%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alpine 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 Alpine are

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

Jobs based in Alpine

276 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Alpine residents hold

476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

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Jobs based in Alpine, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 276. 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.