Work & commute · Shoshoni

Work & commute in Shoshoni, WY

Most working residents leave Shoshoni for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lander (27%), Riverton (15%) and Rock Springs (3%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 181 Shoshoni residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shoshoni.

181live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shoshoni goes to work

Lander42.2 mi away

27%50

Riverton20.1 mi away

15%28

Rock Springs127 mi away

3%6

Cheyenne223.6 mi away

3%6

Casper94.4 mi away

3%5

Thermopolis28.7 mi away

2%4

Shoshoni (in town)right here

2%4

Arapahoe24.7 mi away

2%4

Saratoga140.1 mi away

2%3

Mills90.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%72

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

How far

How far Shoshoni commutes

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

21%

43%

31%

4%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shoshoni is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shoshoni are

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

Jobs based in Shoshoni

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Shoshoni residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−37%

Jobs based in Shoshoni, 2013 → 2023: 166 → 104. 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.