Work & commute · Big Horn

Work & commute in Big Horn, WY

Most working residents leave Big Horn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sheridan (52%), Gillette (3%) and Casper (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 186 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

51%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 184 Big Horn residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Horn.

184live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Horn goes to work

Sheridan8.3 mi away

52%96

Gillette79 mi away

3%6

Casper131.3 mi away

3%5

Ranchester17.9 mi away

2%4

Powder Horn1.5 mi away

2%4

Buffalo27.3 mi away

2%3

Evanston309.8 mi away

2%3

Laramie243 mi away

2%3

Cheyenne269.3 mi away

2%3

Mills130 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%57

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

How far

How far Big Horn commutes

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

62%

10%

25%

62%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Horn is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Horn are

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

Jobs based in Big Horn

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Big Horn residents hold

186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+38%

Jobs based in Big Horn, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 40. 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.