Work & commute · James

Work & commute in James, WY

Most working residents leave James for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Green River (23%), Rock Springs (21%) and North Rock Springs (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 205 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 201 James residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in James.

201live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where James goes to work

Green River4.9 mi away

23%47

Rock Springs16.5 mi away

21%44

North Rock Springs14.8 mi away

2%5

James Town (in town)right here

2%4

Evanston76.9 mi away

1%3

Cheyenne247.5 mi away

1%3

Casper186.7 mi away

1%3

Rexburg, ID193.6 mi away

1%2

Billings, MT296 mi away

1%2

Smithfield, UT119.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%90

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

How far

How far James commutes

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

28%

46%

25%

28%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

James is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in James are

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

Jobs based in James

360 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs James residents hold

205 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−45%

Jobs based in James, 2013 → 2023: 658 → 360. 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.