Photo: Kabir Bakie · CC BY-SA 2.5Household incomes in Wyoming top those of 97% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Wyoming is better than 98% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (B+). Poverty touches 2.7% of residents; Ohio has 13.3%. 26% of workers have no commute at all, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wyoming stands out on work
Most Wyoming residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
A lot of Wyoming works from home
26% of Wyoming workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Wyoming and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Wyoming residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Wyoming come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Wyoming is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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
Household income is its strongest input ($165,188, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate 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+.
The commute from Wyoming, by distance
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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Wyoming
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wyoming workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,008 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
31% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Wyoming clocks in
31% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Wyoming
1,541 jobs are based in Wyoming.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wyoming, 2013 → 2023: 1,239 → 1,541. 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.
The daily flow of workers through Wyoming
On a workday 3,808 residents head out to work, 209 work right here, and 1,332 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Wyoming on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.38 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.
Wyoming is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,043 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 61% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 11% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of Wyoming households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Wyoming’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Wyoming ranks: 77th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
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| 8 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 15 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 25 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 75 | River Vale Township NJ | 10,555 | $214K | 1.8% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| 76 | Inverness IL | 7,418 | $207K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 77 | Wyoming OH | 8,807 | $165K | 2.7% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| 78 | Bellbrook OH | 7,563 | $112K | 3.3% | 0.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 79 | Worcester Township PA | 11,191 | $185K | 3.1% | 3.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | 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 Ohio.
Next door is work for 31% of Wyoming
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wyoming workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | – | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $165,188 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $73,682 |
| Finneytown | under 2% | B+ | B− | 24 min | $83,424 |
| Cincinnati | 31% | C− | A+ | 22 min | $52,909 |
| Lockland | under 2% | C+ | A | 19 min | $57,969 |
| Woodlawn | under 2% | B− | B− | 19 min | $74,833 |
| Lincoln Heights | under 2% | D | B | 20 min | $26,860 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cincinnati. 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?
$165,188 (±$22,277) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wyoming?
2.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wyoming?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wyoming work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (31%, 6 mi), Blue Ash (5%, 5 mi), West Chester Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wyoming walkable?
Wyoming is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wyoming without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 11% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.