Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Big Piney earns its living
3% of workers work from home, next to 9% for Wyoming as a whole. Only 6% stay in Big Piney for work; outside it, Pinedale is the main destination (17%, 26 miles). Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Big Piney
On a workday 156 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 192 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 (1.22 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.
Where Big Piney goes to work
Where Big Piney clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 38% of the jobs in Big Piney
202 jobs are based in Big Piney.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Big Piney, 2013 → 2023: 374 → 202. 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 Big Piney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Big Piney: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Big Piney workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 commuters (the 3% 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 Big Piney
About 32% 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.
11% of Big Piney works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Big Piney workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Piney | – | — | — | 29 min | $67,411 |
| Marbleton | 11% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marbleton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Marbleton. Darker towns draw more of Big Piney’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 Big Piney: questions
What is the median household income in Big Piney?
$67,411 (±$9,660) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Big Piney?
8.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Big Piney?
29 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Big Piney work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pinedale (17%, 26 mi), Marbleton (11%, 2 mi), Jackson (4%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Big Piney 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 Big Piney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Piney
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.