Work & commute · Nordic

Work & commute in Nordic, WY

Most working residents leave Nordic for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (18%), Afton (17%) and Thayne (11%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 190 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 189 Nordic residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nordic.

189live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nordic goes to work

Jackson29.2 mi away

18%35

Afton24.6 mi away

17%33

Thayne11 mi away

11%20

Alpine6.6 mi away

6%11

Star Valley Ranch7 mi away

4%7

Freedom6.8 mi away

4%7

Gillette286.5 mi away

3%6

Idaho Falls, ID59.7 mi away

2%4

Hoback20.1 mi away

2%4

Cheyenne344.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%60

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

How far

How far Nordic commutes

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

24%

25%

34%

18%

24%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nordic is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nordic are

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

Jobs based in Nordic

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Nordic residents hold

190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+200%

Jobs based in Nordic, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 63. 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.