Work & commute · Big Piney

Work & commute in Big Piney, WY

Most working residents leave Big Piney for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pinedale (17%), Marbleton (11%) and Jackson (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 156 Big Piney residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Piney.

156live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Piney goes to work

Pinedale25.9 mi away

17%28

Marbleton1.5 mi away

11%19

Big Piney (in town)right here

6%10

Jackson72.4 mi away

4%7

Rock Springs79.9 mi away

2%4

Evanston98.6 mi away

2%3

Casper194 mi away

2%3

South Park70.1 mi away

2%3

Afton43.3 mi away

1%2

Cody146.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%85

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

How far

How far Big Piney commutes

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

21%

14%

33%

32%

21%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Piney is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Piney are

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

Jobs based in Big Piney

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Big Piney residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−46%

Jobs based in Big Piney, 2013 → 2023: 374 → 202. 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.