Work & commute · Alta

Work & commute in Alta, WY

Most working residents leave Alta for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (33%), Teton Village (15%) and Driggs (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 198 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

50%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 194 Alta residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alta.

194live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alta goes to work

Jackson24.5 mi away

33%66

Teton Village15.8 mi away

15%29

Driggs, ID4.8 mi away

5%9

Moose Wilson Road19.4 mi away

4%7

Hoback35.2 mi away

3%6

Alta (in town)right here

2%4

Idaho Falls, ID53.9 mi away

2%3

South Park26.7 mi away

2%3

Afton72.5 mi away

1%2

Cody110.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%67

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

How far

How far Alta commutes

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

11%

60%

11%

18%

11%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alta is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alta are

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

Jobs based in Alta

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Alta residents hold

198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+206%

Jobs based in Alta, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 98. 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.