Taliesin · Photo: Cindy · CC BY-SA 2.0Where Wyoming earns its living
Hardly any work in Wyoming; the top destination outside it is Madison (22%, 34 miles). The average commute takes 19 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. 150 jobs are based in Wyoming, against 169 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Wyoming, and who commutes in
On a workday 168 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Wyoming’s residents
Where Wyoming clocks in
22% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Wyoming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wyoming, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 150. 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.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Wyoming
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wyoming workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 147 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
The distance from Wyoming to work
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Around Wyoming: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Dodgeville (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wyoming workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | – | — | — | 19 min | $61,250 |
| Spring Green | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Clyde | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Arena | under 2% | B | D | 30 min | $97,375 |
| Dodgeville | 5% | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $116,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Spring Green: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Clyde: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$61,250 (±$19,976) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wyoming?
15.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wyoming?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wyoming work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (22%, 34 mi), Dodgeville (8%, 10 mi), Spring Green (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wyoming without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.