Work & commute · Boulder

Work & commute in Boulder, WY

Most working residents leave Boulder for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pinedale (35%), Jackson (8%) and South Park (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 37 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 37 Boulder residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boulder.

37live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boulder goes to work

Pinedale11.8 mi away

35%13

Jackson73.6 mi away

8%3

South Park72.4 mi away

5%2

Rexburg, ID128.5 mi away

3%1

Minot, ND556.7 mi away

3%1

Duchesne, UT181.2 mi away

3%1

Worland124.2 mi away

3%1

Cody126.9 mi away

3%1

Gillette235.7 mi away

3%1

Rock Springs83.4 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%12

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

How far

How far Boulder commutes

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

57%

35%

5%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boulder is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boulder are

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

Jobs based in Boulder

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month12%

Jobs Boulder residents hold

37 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−29%

Jobs based in Boulder, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 50. 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.