Work & commute · Medicine Bow

Work & commute in Medicine Bow, WY

Most working residents leave Medicine Bow for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hanna (8%), Saratoga (8%) and Rawlins (7%). Half commute less than 53 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 59 working residents

Typical commute

53 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 55 Medicine Bow residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medicine Bow.

55live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medicine Bow goes to work

Hanna18.5 mi away

8%5

Saratoga44.1 mi away

8%5

Medicine Bow (in town)right here

7%4

Rawlins53.2 mi away

7%4

Casper65.4 mi away

7%4

Laramie50.9 mi away

5%3

Jackson256.4 mi away

3%2

Gillette167.8 mi away

3%2

Cheyenne90 mi away

3%2

Tucson, AZ720.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%27

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

How far

How far Medicine Bow commutes

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

22%

12%

57%

9%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medicine Bow is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Medicine Bow are

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

Jobs based in Medicine Bow

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Medicine Bow residents hold

59 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+69%

Jobs based in Medicine Bow, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 59. 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.