Work & commute · Meeteetse

Work & commute in Meeteetse, WY

Most working residents leave Meeteetse for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cody (44%), Powell (5%) and Jackson (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 107 Meeteetse residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meeteetse.

107live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meeteetse goes to work

Cody27.5 mi away

44%49

Powell42.6 mi away

5%5

Meeteetse (in town)right here

4%4

Jackson106.2 mi away

3%3

Worland45.6 mi away

2%2

Riverton81.2 mi away

2%2

Rock Springs177.4 mi away

2%2

Casper156.1 mi away

2%2

Hartrandt153.3 mi away

2%2

Grand Junction, CO349.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%39

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

How far

How far Meeteetse commutes

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

64%

27%

4%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

64%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meeteetse is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Meeteetse are

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

Jobs based in Meeteetse

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Meeteetse residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−7%

Jobs based in Meeteetse, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 84. 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.