Work & commute · Ethete

Work & commute in Ethete, WY

Most working residents leave Ethete for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Washakie (20%), Arapahoe (17%) and Riverton (13%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

32 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 209 Ethete residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ethete.

209live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ethete goes to work

Fort Washakie10 mi away

20%47

Arapahoe13.2 mi away

17%41

Riverton17.4 mi away

13%32

Ethete (in town)right here

13%32

Lander11.7 mi away

5%11

Boulder Flats7 mi away

4%9

Cheyenne239.2 mi away

2%6

Gillette183.6 mi away

1%3

Green River109.7 mi away

1%2

Rock Springs100.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%56

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

How far

How far Ethete commutes

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

41%

18%

41%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ethete is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ethete are

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

Jobs based in Ethete

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Ethete residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−21%

Jobs based in Ethete, 2013 → 2023: 477 → 378. 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.