Work & commute · Encampment

Work & commute in Encampment, WY

Most working residents leave Encampment for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Saratoga (44%), Rawlins (4%) and Rock Springs (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 160 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 Encampment residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Encampment.

157live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Encampment goes to work

Saratoga16.9 mi away

44%71

Rawlins45.6 mi away

4%7

Rock Springs128.5 mi away

4%7

Steamboat Springs, CO50.7 mi away

2%3

Riverside0.8 mi away

2%3

Encampment (in town)right here

2%3

Jackson256.4 mi away

2%3

Cody255.9 mi away

2%3

Casper115.4 mi away

2%3

Sheridan248 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%55

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

How far

How far Encampment commutes

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

54%

11%

27%

8%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Encampment is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Encampment are

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

Jobs based in Encampment

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Encampment residents hold

160 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+350%

Jobs based in Encampment, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 72. 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.