Work & commute · Boulder Flats

Work & commute in Boulder Flats, WY

Most working residents leave Boulder Flats for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Washakie (19%), Riverton (17%) and Arapahoe (12%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 100 Boulder Flats residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boulder Flats.

100live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boulder Flats goes to work

Fort Washakie8.8 mi away

19%20

Riverton22.5 mi away

17%17

Arapahoe17.8 mi away

12%12

Ethete7 mi away

11%11

Lander6.8 mi away

9%9

Cheyenne239.6 mi away

5%5

Boulder Flats (in town)right here

3%3

Salt Lake City, UT218.6 mi away

2%2

Gillette189.9 mi away

2%2

Rock Springs93.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%20

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

How far

How far Boulder Flats commutes

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

46%

33%

20%

46%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boulder Flats is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boulder Flats are

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

Jobs based in Boulder Flats

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Boulder Flats residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+2067%

Jobs based in Boulder Flats, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 130. 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.