Work & commute · Arapahoe

Work & commute in Arapahoe, WY

Most working residents leave Arapahoe for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Riverton (25%), Fort Washakie (13%) and Ethete (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

63 of 372 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 309 Arapahoe residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 607 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arapahoe.

309live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

607work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arapahoe goes to work

Riverton4.7 mi away

25%93

Arapahoe (in town)right here

17%63

Fort Washakie23.1 mi away

13%48

Ethete13.2 mi away

8%30

Lander17.5 mi away

4%16

Boulder Flats17.8 mi away

3%11

Casper108.9 mi away

2%9

Cheyenne227.8 mi away

2%8

Gillette172.6 mi away

1%5

Shoshoni24.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%85

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

How far

How far Arapahoe commutes

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

44%

36%

17%

44%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arapahoe is a job hub

1.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arapahoe are

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

Jobs based in Arapahoe

670 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Arapahoe residents hold

372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−17%

Jobs based in Arapahoe, 2013 → 2023: 811 → 670. 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.