Work & commute · Chugwater

Work & commute in Chugwater, WY

Most working residents leave Chugwater for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wheatland (52%), Casper (7%) and Guernsey (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 69 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 69 Chugwater residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chugwater.

69live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chugwater goes to work

Wheatland21.6 mi away

52%36

Casper107.2 mi away

7%5

Guernsey35.4 mi away

3%2

Cheyenne43.4 mi away

3%2

Bridgeport, NE89.2 mi away

1%1

Scottsbluff, NE60.3 mi away

1%1

Rapid City, SD179.4 mi away

1%1

Bar Nunn112 mi away

1%1

Evanston319.5 mi away

1%1

Laramie50.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%18

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

How far

How far Chugwater commutes

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

61%

14%

23%

1%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chugwater is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.38 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chugwater are

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

Jobs based in Chugwater

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less62%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Chugwater residents hold

69 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+73%

Jobs based in Chugwater, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 26. 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.