Work & commute · Evanston

Work & commute in Evanston, WY

63% of Evanston’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Rock Springs (3%), Lyman (2%) and Kemmerer (1%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63%

3,135 of 4,981 working residents

Typical commute

2 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 1,846 Evanston residents head out of town to work, 3,135 work right here, and 2,141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Evanston.

1,846live here, work elsewhere

3,135live and work here

2,141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Evanston goes to work

Evanston (in town)right here

63%3,135

Rock Springs93.2 mi away

3%151

Lyman34.9 mi away

2%80

Kemmerer41.7 mi away

1%53

Cheyenne320.6 mi away

1%49

Casper262.1 mi away

1%47

Jackson153.2 mi away

1%43

Riverton180 mi away

1%35

Mountain View32.7 mi away

1%33

Afton101.4 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,322

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

How far

How far Evanston commutes

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

68%

24%

68%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Evanston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Evanston are

5,276 jobs are based in Evanston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Evanston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Evanston

5,276 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Evanston residents hold

4,981 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−10%

Jobs based in Evanston, 2013 → 2023: 5,833 → 5,276. 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.