Work & commute · Kemmerer

Work & commute in Kemmerer, WY

About one in 3 of Kemmerer’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Diamondville (11%), Cokeville (5%) and La Barge (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

407 of 1,171 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 764 Kemmerer residents head out of town to work, 407 work right here, and 622 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kemmerer.

764live here, work elsewhere

407live and work here

622work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kemmerer goes to work

Kemmerer (in town)right here

35%407

Diamondville0.8 mi away

11%128

Cokeville29.2 mi away

5%61

La Barge38 mi away

5%60

Rock Springs69.9 mi away

3%38

Evanston41.7 mi away

3%30

Mountain View36.8 mi away

2%19

Lyman33.8 mi away

2%19

Cheyenne301.3 mi away

1%15

Fontenelle29.6 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%379

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

How far

How far Kemmerer commutes

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

48%

23%

28%

48%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kemmerer is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kemmerer are

1,029 jobs are based in Kemmerer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kemmerer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kemmerer

1,029 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Kemmerer residents hold

1,171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−25%

Jobs based in Kemmerer, 2013 → 2023: 1,363 → 1,029. 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.