Work & commute · Lusk

Work & commute in Lusk, WY

44% of Lusk’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Cheyenne (3%), Rapid City (3%) and Rock Springs (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

174 of 394 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 220 Lusk residents head out of town to work, 174 work right here, and 387 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lusk.

220live here, work elsewhere

174live and work here

387work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lusk goes to work

Lusk (in town)right here

44%174

Cheyenne114.2 mi away

3%12

Rapid City, SD109.8 mi away

3%11

Rock Springs256.8 mi away

2%8

Gillette116.7 mi away

2%7

Douglas47.7 mi away

2%6

Rawlins156.7 mi away

2%6

Salt Lake City, UT408.4 mi away

1%5

Torrington50.4 mi away

1%5

Worland196.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%155

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

How far

How far Lusk commutes

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

55%

36%

55%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lusk is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lusk are

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

Jobs based in Lusk

561 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Lusk residents hold

394 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−13%

Jobs based in Lusk, 2013 → 2023: 647 → 561. 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.