Work & commute · Buffalo

Work & commute in Buffalo, WY

43% of Buffalo’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sheridan (8%), Gillette (4%) and Casper (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

903 of 2,115 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,212 Buffalo residents head out of town to work, 903 work right here, and 987 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buffalo.

1,212live here, work elsewhere

903live and work here

987work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buffalo goes to work

Buffalo (in town)right here

43%903

Sheridan33.9 mi away

8%175

Gillette60.3 mi away

4%83

Casper105.3 mi away

2%51

Cheyenne242.2 mi away

2%32

Rapid City, SD174.2 mi away

1%31

Kaycee43.6 mi away

1%16

Cody116.3 mi away

1%15

Riverton123.1 mi away

0%10

Lander145 mi away

0%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%790

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

How far

How far Buffalo commutes

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

59%

13%

26%

59%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buffalo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buffalo are

1,890 jobs are based in Buffalo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buffalo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buffalo

1,890 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Buffalo residents hold

2,115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−21%

Jobs based in Buffalo, 2013 → 2023: 2,385 → 1,890. 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.