Work & commute · Thermopolis

Work & commute in Thermopolis, WY

53% of Thermopolis’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Worland (4%), Casper (2%) and Cody (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

643 of 1,223 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 580 Thermopolis residents head out of town to work, 643 work right here, and 659 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thermopolis.

580live here, work elsewhere

643live and work here

659work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thermopolis goes to work

Thermopolis (in town)right here

53%643

Worland28.7 mi away

4%51

Casper110.4 mi away

2%29

Cody73.5 mi away

2%27

Riverton43.8 mi away

2%26

Owl Creek19.9 mi away

2%21

Lander62.1 mi away

1%18

Cheyenne246.3 mi away

1%18

Powell81.5 mi away

1%17

Sheridan100.6 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%356

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

How far

How far Thermopolis commutes

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

61%

28%

61%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thermopolis is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Thermopolis are

1,302 jobs are based in Thermopolis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thermopolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thermopolis

1,302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Thermopolis residents hold

1,223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−19%

Jobs based in Thermopolis, 2013 → 2023: 1,613 → 1,302. 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.