Work & commute · Wright

Work & commute in Wright, WY

Most working residents leave Wright for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Gillette (20%), Casper (4%) and Cheyenne (3%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

54 of 447 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 393 Wright residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wright.

393live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wright goes to work

Gillette36.2 mi away

20%90

Wright (in town)right here

12%54

Casper75.2 mi away

4%17

Cheyenne184.5 mi away

3%14

Rapid City, SD115.5 mi away

2%9

Rock Springs240.8 mi away

2%8

Cody184.6 mi away

1%6

Sheridan102.6 mi away

1%5

Douglas68.9 mi away

1%4

Laramie168.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%236

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

How far

How far Wright commutes

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

14%

10%

39%

37%

14%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wright is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wright are

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

Jobs based in Wright

405 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Wright residents hold

447 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−3%

Jobs based in Wright, 2013 → 2023: 419 → 405. 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.