Work & commute · La Barge

Work & commute in La Barge, WY

Most working residents leave La Barge for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Afton (12%), Cokeville (9%) and Kemmerer (9%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

11 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 96 La Barge residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Barge.

96live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Barge goes to work

Afton49.4 mi away

12%13

La Barge (in town)right here

10%11

Cokeville40.6 mi away

9%10

Kemmerer38 mi away

9%10

Evanston79.7 mi away

4%4

Rock Springs68.1 mi away

4%4

Idaho Falls, ID126 mi away

3%3

Marbleton21.1 mi away

3%3

Lyman64.7 mi away

3%3

Montpelier, ID56.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%44

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

How far

How far La Barge commutes

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

12%

39%

46%

12%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Barge is a job hub

2.47jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Barge are

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

Jobs based in La Barge

264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs La Barge residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−3%

Jobs based in La Barge, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 264. 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.