For more than half of its working residents, Bear River is a commute to Evanston
There are 33 jobs in Bear River, and 219 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Bear River itself; outside it, Evanston draws the most (56%, 9 miles). The average commute takes 24 minutes each way; Wyoming averages 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bear River: the figures worth knowing
Bear River is a place people come home to
There are 33 jobs based in Bear River, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bear River has about 340 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Bear River’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 24 minutes, longer than the Wyoming average of 19. Time on the road ↓
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 219 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Bear River ends
Where Bear River clocks in
56% of workers
2% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Bear River
On a workday 216 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Bear River on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.15 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.
Getting to work from Bear River takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bear River workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 334 commuters (the 5% 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.
The kinds of work in Bear River
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bear River, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 33. 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 Bear River’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bear River’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bear River: questions
What is the median household income in Bear River?
$120,859 (±$26,252) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bear River?
3.6%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bear River?
24 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bear River work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Bear River without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bear River, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bear River
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.