Work & commute · Baggs

Work & commute in Baggs, WY

Most working residents leave Baggs for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Rawlins (28%), Cheyenne (6%) and Worland (2%). Half commute less than 61 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

9 of 85 working residents

Typical commute

61 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 76 Baggs residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baggs.

76live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

273work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baggs goes to work

Rawlins56.5 mi away

28%24

Baggs (in town)right here

11%9

Cheyenne149 mi away

6%5

Worland206.9 mi away

2%2

Riverton142.5 mi away

2%2

Rock Springs89.9 mi away

2%2

Casper142.5 mi away

2%2

Ranchettes150.6 mi away

2%2

Craig, CO36.2 mi away

1%1

Steamboat Springs, CO58.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%35

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

How far

How far Baggs commutes

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

11%

88%

11%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

88%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baggs is a job hub

3.32jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Baggs are

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

Jobs based in Baggs

282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Baggs residents hold

85 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−25%

Jobs based in Baggs, 2013 → 2023: 375 → 282. 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.