Work & commute · Sundance

Work & commute in Sundance, WY

About one in 3 of Sundance’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (5%), Gillette (4%) and Spearfish (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

96 of 300 working residents

Typical commute

28 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 204 Sundance residents head out of town to work, 96 work right here, and 842 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sundance.

204live here, work elsewhere

96live and work here

842work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sundance goes to work

Sundance (in town)right here

32%96

Rapid City, SD61.3 mi away

5%14

Gillette56.7 mi away

4%13

Spearfish, SD27.8 mi away

4%12

Casper145.7 mi away

4%11

Belle Fourche, SD30.7 mi away

2%7

Upton24.7 mi away

2%5

Laramie222.7 mi away

2%5

Hulett22.4 mi away

1%4

Sheridan130.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%129

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

How far

How far Sundance commutes

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

38%

11%

13%

39%

38%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sundance is a job hub

3.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sundance are

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

Jobs based in Sundance

938 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Sundance residents hold

300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

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Jobs based in Sundance, 2013 → 2023: 936 → 938. 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.