Work & commute · Cody

Work & commute in Cody, WY

66% of Cody’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Powell (4%), Riverton (1%) and Casper (1%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66%

2,918 of 4,421 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 1,503 Cody residents head out of town to work, 2,918 work right here, and 3,384 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cody.

1,503live here, work elsewhere

2,918live and work here

3,384work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cody goes to work

Cody (in town)right here

66%2,918

Powell22.2 mi away

4%160

Riverton108.7 mi away

1%55

Casper179.3 mi away

1%52

Jackson112 mi away

1%47

Cheyenne318.6 mi away

1%46

Worland64.3 mi away

1%32

Gillette176.5 mi away

0%22

Lander117.9 mi away

0%21

Lovell39.3 mi away

0%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,049

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

How far

How far Cody commutes

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

73%

17%

73%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cody is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cody are

6,302 jobs are based in Cody. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cody’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cody

6,302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Cody residents hold

4,421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+6%

Jobs based in Cody, 2013 → 2023: 5,951 → 6,302. 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.