Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Cheyenne draws more than half of Carpenter’s working residents
There are 6 jobs in Carpenter; 53 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Carpenter; the top destination outside it is Cheyenne (62%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 53 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
0.11 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 people from Carpenter work
Where Carpenter clocks in
62% 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.
Goods jobs make up 67% of work in Carpenter
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carpenter, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 6. 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 Carpenter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Carpenter
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 Carpenter: questions
Where do people who live in Carpenter work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cheyenne (62%, 23 mi), Pine Bluffs (6%, 18 mi), Casper (4%, 160 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carpenter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carpenter
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.