Work & commute · Sinclair

Work & commute in Sinclair, WY

Most working residents leave Sinclair for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Rawlins (17%), Baggs (8%) and Cheyenne (7%). Half commute less than 85 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 60 working residents

Typical commute

85 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 57 Sinclair residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sinclair.

57live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sinclair goes to work

Rawlins5.4 mi away

17%10

Baggs58.3 mi away

8%5

Cheyenne128.2 mi away

7%4

Craig, CO89.9 mi away

5%3

Sinclair (in town)right here

5%3

Gillette190.9 mi away

5%3

Rock Springs109.1 mi away

5%3

Worland160.8 mi away

3%2

Greenwood Village, CO188.8 mi away

2%1

Aurora, CO190.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%25

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

How far

How far Sinclair commutes

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

37%

60%

37%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

60%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sinclair is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sinclair are

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

Jobs based in Sinclair

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Sinclair residents hold

60 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−92%

Jobs based in Sinclair, 2013 → 2023: 1,426 → 120. 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.