Work & commute · Elk Mountain

Work & commute in Elk Mountain, WY

Most working residents leave Elk Mountain for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Saratoga (12%), Hanna (10%) and Laramie (10%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 38 Elk Mountain residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Mountain.

38live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elk Mountain goes to work

Saratoga26.3 mi away

12%5

Hanna14.6 mi away

10%4

Laramie49.2 mi away

10%4

Elk Mountain (in town)right here

7%3

Medicine Bow18.2 mi away

7%3

Gillette184.4 mi away

5%2

Rock Springs145.1 mi away

5%2

Casper79.9 mi away

5%2

Gustine, CA834.6 mi away

2%1

Avon, CO141.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%14

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

How far

How far Elk Mountain commutes

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

23%

33%

38%

8%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Mountain is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Elk Mountain

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Elk Mountain residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+2800%

Jobs based in Elk Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 29. 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.