Work & commute · Casper

Work & commute in Casper, WY

60% of Casper’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Mills (5%), Evansville (3%) and Hartrandt (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60%

16,688 of 27,880 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,192 Casper residents head out of town to work, 16,688 work right here, and 10,310 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Casper.

11,192live here, work elsewhere

16,688live and work here

10,310work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Casper goes to work

Casper (in town)right here

60%16,688

Mills3.6 mi away

5%1,266

Evansville3.9 mi away

3%964

Hartrandt3.2 mi away

3%747

Cheyenne141.9 mi away

2%637

Vista West6 mi away

2%566

Laramie111.9 mi away

1%379

Mountain View5.3 mi away

1%346

Gillette107.1 mi away

1%302

Rock Springs171.6 mi away

1%245

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%5,740

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

How far

How far Casper commutes

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

81%

16%

81%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Casper is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Casper are

26,998 jobs are based in Casper. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Casper’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Casper

26,998 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Casper residents hold

27,880 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+2%

Jobs based in Casper, 2013 → 2023: 26,525 → 26,998. 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.