Work & commute · Douglas

Work & commute in Douglas, WY

46% of Douglas’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Casper (8%), Gillette (2%) and Cheyenne (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

1,360 of 2,955 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,595 Douglas residents head out of town to work, 1,360 work right here, and 1,424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Douglas.

1,595live here, work elsewhere

1,360live and work here

1,424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Douglas goes to work

Douglas (in town)right here

46%1,360

Casper47.2 mi away

8%229

Gillette105 mi away

2%72

Cheyenne116.5 mi away

2%50

Laramie100.3 mi away

1%42

Glenrock23.8 mi away

1%35

Hartrandt49 mi away

1%30

Mills50.8 mi away

1%29

Torrington78.7 mi away

1%23

Wheatland53.5 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,066

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

How far

How far Douglas commutes

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

58%

13%

26%

58%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Douglas is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Douglas are

2,784 jobs are based in Douglas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Douglas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Douglas

2,784 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Douglas residents hold

2,955 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−3%

Jobs based in Douglas, 2013 → 2023: 2,862 → 2,784. 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.