Alpine Northwest has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Alpine Northwest has 39 jobs; 90 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Alpine Northwest; the top destination outside it is Jackson (28%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Alpine Northwest
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 91 people are in Alpine Northwest on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Alpine Northwest work
Where Alpine Northwest clocks in
28% of workers
14% 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.
Goods, not services: 41% of the jobs in Alpine Northwest
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alpine Northwest, 2014 → 2024: 19 → 39. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alpine Northwest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Alpine Northwest
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Alpine Northwest and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Alpine (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alpine Northwest workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Northwest | – | — | — | — | — |
| Alpine | 6% | C+ | C+ | 39 min | $98,942 |
| Alpine Northeast | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Alpine Northeast: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alpine Northwest’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 2024, 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 Alpine Northwest: questions
What is the poverty rate in Alpine Northwest?
0.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Alpine Northwest work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (28%, 24 mi), Afton (14%, 32 mi), Alpine (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alpine Northwest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alpine Northwest
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.