Work & commute · Guernsey

Work & commute in Guernsey, WY

About one in 4 of Guernsey’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wheatland (11%), Casper (7%) and Torrington (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

76 of 309 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

7 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 233 Guernsey residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guernsey.

233live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guernsey goes to work

Guernsey (in town)right here

25%76

Wheatland18.4 mi away

11%33

Casper89.7 mi away

7%22

Torrington32.3 mi away

5%15

Glendo22 mi away

4%11

Laramie79.5 mi away

3%10

Gillette143.8 mi away

3%9

Rapid City, SD146.6 mi away

3%8

Cheyenne78.6 mi away

2%7

Sheridan207.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%114

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

How far

How far Guernsey commutes

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

28%

21%

10%

41%

28%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guernsey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Guernsey are

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

Jobs based in Guernsey

337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Guernsey residents hold

309 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+12%

Jobs based in Guernsey, 2013 → 2023: 300 → 337. 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.