For more than half of its working residents, Burns is a commute to Cheyenne
1% of workers have no commute at all; Wyoming has 9%. Hardly any work in Burns; the top destination outside it is Cheyenne (58%, 23 miles). Working residents average 23 minutes each way, where Wyoming has 19 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Burns, and who commutes in
On a workday 146 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Burns on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.44 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 the trip to work from Burns ends
Where Burns clocks in
58% of workers
3% 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.
Making and building: 33% of jobs based in Burns
64 jobs are based in Burns.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burns, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 64. 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 Burns’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Burns: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burns workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 183 commuters (the 1% 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.
Burns’ commute, mile by mile
About 24% 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 Burns: questions
What is the median household income in Burns?
$61,071 (±$29,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burns?
9.6%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burns?
23 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burns work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Burns 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 Burns, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burns
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.