Alpine’s household incomes are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 8.0% of residents, against 10.5% across Wyoming. Alpine grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 5% work in Alpine itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (27%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Alpine, in brief
Alpine workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 19 across Wyoming. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 153 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Alpine’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Alpine is Jackson, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (128) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 476 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Alpine’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Alpine is better than 44% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Alpine’s grade up ($98,942, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Alpine’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Alpine could be anywhere from C− to B+.
From Alpine, about 39 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alpine workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 682 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Wyoming: 83% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Alpine
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.
The daily commute in and out of Alpine
On a workday 451 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Alpine on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
Where Alpine’s working residents head each day
Where Alpine clocks in
27% of workers
13% 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.
A place that makes things: 29% of Alpine’s jobs are in goods
276 jobs are based in Alpine.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alpine, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 276. 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 Alpine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Alpine is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alpine is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.8% across Wyoming, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 786 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). 3.5% of Alpine households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Alpine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Alpine ranks 2,369th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 541 | Rafter J Ranch WY | 1,293 | $161K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 727 | Hoback WY | 1,316 | $147K | 1.7% | 1.8% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,115 | Story WY | 1,054 | $114K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,367 | North Lewisburg OH | 1,657 | $59K | 8.4% | 9.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,368 | Meadowlakes TX | 1,831 | $79K | 8.2% | 4.6% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,369 | Alpine WY | 1,382 | $99K | 8.0% | 0.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,370 | Cazenovia Township IL | 1,610 | $74K | 9.5% | 7.5% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,371 | Township 3 KS | 1,300 | $72K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 32% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Alpine, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
The towns around Alpine
The biggest share goes to Alpine Northeast (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alpine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | – | C+ | C+ | 39 min | $98,942 |
| Alpine Northeast | 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Alpine Northwest | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Alpine Northeast and Alpine Northwest: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alpine’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 Alpine: questions
What is the median household income in Alpine?
$98,942 (±$26,769) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alpine?
8.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alpine?
39 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alpine work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (27%, 24 mi), Afton (13%, 31 mi), Thayne (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Alpine walkable?
Alpine is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alpine without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alpine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alpine
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.