Work & commute · Lingle

Work & commute in Lingle, WY

Most working residents leave Lingle for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Torrington (44%), Casper (6%) and Scottsbluff (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 147 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 144 Lingle residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lingle.

144live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lingle goes to work

Torrington10.3 mi away

44%65

Casper111.8 mi away

6%9

Scottsbluff, NE39.8 mi away

5%7

Rapid City, SD145.1 mi away

3%5

Lingle (in town)right here

2%3

Guernsey22.1 mi away

2%3

Laramie86.5 mi away

2%3

Cheyenne73.6 mi away

2%3

Lusk43.4 mi away

1%2

Jackson338.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%45

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

How far

How far Lingle commutes

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

41%

21%

11%

26%

41%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lingle is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lingle are

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

Jobs based in Lingle

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Lingle residents hold

147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−35%

Jobs based in Lingle, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 53. 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.