Work & commute · Kaycee

Work & commute in Kaycee, WY

Most working residents leave Kaycee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (17%), Sheridan (12%) and Gillette (5%). Half commute less than 55 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 83 working residents

Typical commute

55 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 82 Kaycee residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kaycee.

82live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kaycee goes to work

Buffalo43.6 mi away

17%14

Sheridan76.8 mi away

12%10

Gillette68.6 mi away

5%4

Rapid City, SD172.1 mi away

2%2

Cheyenne201.5 mi away

2%2

Casper62 mi away

2%2

Centennial, CO299 mi away

1%1

Minot, ND404.8 mi away

1%1

Stafford, TX1148.1 mi away

1%1

Murray, UT341.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%45

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

How far

How far Kaycee commutes

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

45%

51%

4%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kaycee is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kaycee are

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

Jobs based in Kaycee

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Kaycee residents hold

83 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+48%

Jobs based in Kaycee, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 71. 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.