Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Bairoil draws 49 commuters a day, with 3.3 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, next to 19 for Wyoming and 26 for the U.S. There are 49 jobs in Bairoil, against 15 working residents. Hardly any stay in Bairoil for work; outside it, Rock Springs is the main destination (27%, 96 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Bairoil
On a workday 15 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 100 people are in Bairoil on a workday afternoon, 52% more than live here.
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 send workers to Bairoil
Where Bairoil clocks in
27% of workers
13% 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.
94% of the jobs in Bairoil make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bairoil, 2013 → 2023: 267 → 49. 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 Bairoil’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Bairoil: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bairoil workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 4% 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.
How far Bairoil’s workers travel
About 73% 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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Bairoil workers work outside Wyoming. The job records count 13% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bairoil: questions
What is the median household income in Bairoil?
$40,250 (±$34,827) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bairoil?
36.2%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bairoil?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bairoil work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Springs (27%, 96 mi), Wamsutter (13%, 45 mi), Cheyenne (13%, 162 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bairoil without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bairoil, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bairoil
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.