Work & commute · Wamsutter

Work & commute in Wamsutter, WY

Most working residents leave Wamsutter for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Rock Springs (24%), Green River (8%) and Evanston (4%). Half commute less than 67 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

5 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

67 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 44 Wamsutter residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wamsutter.

44live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wamsutter goes to work

Rock Springs64.3 mi away

24%12

Wamsutter (in town)right here

10%5

Green River77.8 mi away

8%4

Evanston157.1 mi away

4%2

Reliance62.9 mi away

4%2

Eden79.9 mi away

4%2

Farson81.6 mi away

4%2

Lakeside, CO201.1 mi away

2%1

Lakewood, CO202.4 mi away

2%1

Roosevelt, UT141.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%17

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

How far

How far Wamsutter commutes

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

10%

80%

10%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

80%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wamsutter is a job hub

6.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wamsutter are

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

Jobs based in Wamsutter

300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Wamsutter residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−62%

Jobs based in Wamsutter, 2013 → 2023: 789 → 300. 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.