Work & commute · Lander

Work & commute in Lander, WY

52% of Lander’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Riverton (8%), Fort Washakie (6%) and Cheyenne (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

1,790 of 3,453 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,663 Lander residents head out of town to work, 1,790 work right here, and 1,910 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lander.

1,663live here, work elsewhere

1,790live and work here

1,910work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lander goes to work

Lander (in town)right here

52%1,790

Riverton22.2 mi away

8%274

Fort Washakie15.5 mi away

6%203

Cheyenne233.7 mi away

2%83

Ethete11.7 mi away

2%74

Casper122.1 mi away

2%72

Arapahoe17.5 mi away

2%64

Gillette190 mi away

1%37

Laramie191.5 mi away

1%33

Jackson112.2 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%796

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

How far

How far Lander commutes

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

59%

21%

18%

59%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lander is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lander are

3,700 jobs are based in Lander. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lander’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lander

3,700 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Lander residents hold

3,453 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−10%

Jobs based in Lander, 2013 → 2023: 4,106 → 3,700. 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.