Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Households in Wyoming earn more than those in 82% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Wyoming A; getting around on foot earns it C+. Poverty touches 3.7% of residents, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. Only 6% stay in Wyoming for work; outside it, Forest Lake is the main destination (9%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wyoming
Wyoming makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Wyoming are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wyoming residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Wyoming workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wyoming
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wyoming is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #54 of 273 in Minnesota. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wyoming could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Wyoming makes things: 46% of its jobs are in goods
2,502 jobs are based in Wyoming.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wyoming, 2013 → 2023: 2,749 → 2,502. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wyoming’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Wyoming
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wyoming workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,208 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Wyoming for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,056 residents head out to work, 246 work right here, and 2,256 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Wyoming on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Wyoming: the destinations
Where Wyoming clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How many miles Wyoming commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Wyoming, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wyoming is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #198 of 273 in Minnesota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,949 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Wyoming households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Wyoming’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,007 U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,000, Wyoming comes 274th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 19 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Corcoran MN | 9,269 | $133K | 3.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Livonia Township MN | 6,436 | $137K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 272 | East Fallowfield Township PA | 7,917 | $117K | 5.0% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 273 | Poolesville MD | 5,942 | $206K | 2.8% | 4.0% | 6% | A |
| 274 | Wyoming MN | 8,121 | $108K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 6% | A |
| 275 | Briarcliff Manor NY | 7,481 | $230K | 7.1% | 3.1% | 4% | A |
| 276 | Belterra TX | 6,978 | $220K | 1.5% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,007 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Wyoming, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Wyoming
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wyoming workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | – | A | C+ | 29 min | $107,565 |
| Chisago City | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $102,197 |
| Columbus | under 2% | A+ | C | 29 min | $123,194 |
| Stacy | under 2% | A | B− | 29 min | $98,464 |
| Forest Lake | 9% | A− | B+ | 24 min | $92,944 |
| Linwood Township | under 2% | A− | D | 33 min | $115,972 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Forest Lake. Darker towns draw more of Wyoming’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Wyoming: questions
What is the median household income in Wyoming?
$107,565 (±$6,609) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wyoming?
3.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wyoming?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wyoming work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Forest Lake (9%, 6 mi), Minneapolis (8%, 30 mi), St. Paul (8%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wyoming walkable?
Wyoming is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wyoming without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wyoming, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wyoming
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.