Work & commute · Thayne

Work & commute in Thayne, WY

Most working residents leave Thayne for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (25%), Afton (15%) and Alpine (2%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 110 Thayne residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thayne.

110live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thayne goes to work

Jackson39.7 mi away

25%30

Afton13.8 mi away

15%18

Thayne (in town)right here

9%11

Alpine17.5 mi away

2%3

Hoback29.6 mi away

2%3

Idaho Falls, ID65.5 mi away

2%2

Star Valley Ranch4.4 mi away

2%2

Casper236.7 mi away

2%2

Rafter J Ranch36.7 mi away

2%2

Freedom4.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%46

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

How far

How far Thayne commutes

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

16%

23%

39%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thayne is a job hub

3.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thayne are

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

Jobs based in Thayne

368 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Thayne residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+78%

Jobs based in Thayne, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 368. 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.