Work & commute · Moorcroft

Work & commute in Moorcroft, WY

Most working residents leave Moorcroft for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Sundance (17%), Gillette (15%) and Hulett (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 319 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 299 Moorcroft residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moorcroft.

299live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moorcroft goes to work

Sundance30.3 mi away

17%55

Gillette27.3 mi away

15%47

Hulett33.7 mi away

7%22

Moorcroft (in town)right here

6%20

Pine Haven9.1 mi away

3%10

Sheridan105.9 mi away

3%9

Spearfish, SD58.1 mi away

2%7

Casper120 mi away

2%5

Cheyenne216.8 mi away

1%4

Rapid City, SD86.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%137

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

How far

How far Moorcroft commutes

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

12%

55%

22%

12%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

55%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moorcroft is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moorcroft are

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

Jobs based in Moorcroft

237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Moorcroft residents hold

319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−26%

Jobs based in Moorcroft, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 237. 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.