Work & commute · Saratoga

Work & commute in Saratoga, WY

50% of Saratoga’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Rawlins (4%), Encampment (4%) and Cheyenne (3%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50%

302 of 602 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 300 Saratoga residents head out of town to work, 302 work right here, and 618 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saratoga.

300live here, work elsewhere

302live and work here

618work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saratoga goes to work

Saratoga (in town)right here

50%302

Rawlins31.4 mi away

4%25

Encampment16.9 mi away

4%24

Cheyenne106.9 mi away

3%21

Riverside16.4 mi away

3%17

Laramie63.2 mi away

1%7

Casper99.3 mi away

1%7

Steamboat Springs, CO67.5 mi away

1%6

Sheridan231.2 mi away

1%5

Gillette205.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%183

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

How far

How far Saratoga commutes

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

53%

20%

53%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saratoga is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Saratoga are

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

Jobs based in Saratoga

920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Saratoga residents hold

602 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−9%

Jobs based in Saratoga, 2013 → 2023: 1,015 → 920. 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.