Work & commute · Vista West

Work & commute in Vista West, WY

Most working residents leave Vista West for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Casper (55%), Mills (7%) and Hartrandt (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 467 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 446 Vista West residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 1,014 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vista West.

446live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

1,014work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vista West goes to work

Casper6 mi away

55%258

Mills2.5 mi away

7%32

Vista West (in town)right here

4%21

Hartrandt4.7 mi away

4%19

Cheyenne146.4 mi away

3%13

Evansville9 mi away

3%12

Mountain View1.5 mi away

2%10

Rock Springs167.2 mi away

1%7

Riverton99 mi away

1%4

Gillette108.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%87

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

How far

How far Vista West commutes

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

79%

16%

79%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vista West is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vista West are

1,035 jobs are based in Vista West. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vista West’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vista West

1,035 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Vista West residents hold

467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−54%

Jobs based in Vista West, 2013 → 2023: 2,261 → 1,035. 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.