Work & commute · Rawlins

Work & commute in Rawlins, WY

49% of Rawlins’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Casper (3%), Baggs (3%) and Laramie (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49%

1,865 of 3,804 working residents

Typical commute

4 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 1,939 Rawlins residents head out of town to work, 1,865 work right here, and 995 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rawlins.

1,939live here, work elsewhere

1,865live and work here

995work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rawlins goes to work

Rawlins (in town)right here

49%1,865

Casper86.4 mi away

3%129

Baggs56.5 mi away

3%126

Laramie89.8 mi away

3%106

Cheyenne133.5 mi away

3%104

Rock Springs103.8 mi away

3%98

Sinclair5.4 mi away

2%69

Riverton104.1 mi away

1%52

Gillette192.7 mi away

1%43

Saratoga31.4 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,176

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

How far

How far Rawlins commutes

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

52%

10%

35%

52%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rawlins is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rawlins are

2,860 jobs are based in Rawlins. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rawlins’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rawlins

2,860 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rawlins residents hold

3,804 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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Jobs based in Rawlins, 2013 → 2023: 2,866 → 2,860. 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.