Work & commute · Lucerne

Work & commute in Lucerne, WY

Most working residents leave Lucerne for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Thermopolis (44%), Worland (3%) and Casper (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 195 Lucerne residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lucerne.

195live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lucerne goes to work

Thermopolis5.1 mi away

44%86

Worland23.7 mi away

3%6

Casper111.6 mi away

3%6

Powell77.5 mi away

2%4

Riverton48.8 mi away

2%4

East Thermopolis5.2 mi away

2%3

Cody70.4 mi away

2%3

Laramie211.8 mi away

2%3

Rock Springs155.9 mi away

2%3

Cheyenne248.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%75

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

How far

How far Lucerne commutes

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

58%

10%

27%

58%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lucerne is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lucerne are

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

Jobs based in Lucerne

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Lucerne residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−28%

Jobs based in Lucerne, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 28. 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.