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Work & commute · Bear River

Work & commute in Bear River, WY

Most working residents leave Bear River for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Evanston (56%), Lyman (3%) and Jackson (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
3 of 219 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 216 Bear River residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bear River.

216live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
30work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bear River goes to work

SparksMountain ViewLymanBear RiverJacksonKemmererEvanstonGreen RiverGilletteRock SpringsCheyenneCasperSummit ParkFort BridgerFarsonEvanstonLymanJacksonRock SpringsCheyenneCasperGilletteMountain ViewKemmererBear River
1
Evanston9.3 mi away
56%123
2
Lyman38.1 mi away
3%7
3
Jackson144.7 mi away
2%5
4
Rock Springs94.6 mi away
2%5
5
Cheyenne324 mi away
2%5
6
Casper261.4 mi away
2%5
7
Gillette343.8 mi away
2%4
8
Mountain View36.9 mi away
1%3
9
Bear River (in town)right here
1%3
10
Kemmerer36.6 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%56

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

How far

How far Bear River commutes

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

56%Under 10 mi
6%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bear River is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bear River are

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

Jobs based in Bear River

33 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Bear River residents hold

219 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month53%
−39%

Jobs based in Bear River, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 33. 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.

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