Work & commute · Upton

Work & commute in Upton, WY

Most working residents leave Upton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Newcastle (28%), Rapid City (4%) and Gillette (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 253 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 232 Upton residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 296 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upton.

232live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

296work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upton goes to work

Newcastle28 mi away

28%70

Upton (in town)right here

8%21

Rapid City, SD70.4 mi away

4%9

Gillette44.3 mi away

4%9

Torrington142.9 mi away

2%5

Sheridan124.4 mi away

2%5

Casper121.4 mi away

2%5

Spearfish, SD48.6 mi away

2%4

Sundance24.7 mi away

2%4

Cheyenne205.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%117

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

How far

How far Upton commutes

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

11%

56%

30%

11%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

56%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Upton are

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

Jobs based in Upton

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Upton residents hold

253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+26%

Jobs based in Upton, 2013 → 2023: 252 → 317. 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.