Bishop House · Photo: Chevsapher · CC0Casper draws more than half of Casper Mountain’s working residents
Hardly any work in Casper Mountain; the top destination outside it is Casper (62%, 7 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Wyoming has 9%. Commuters spend 19 minutes getting to work on average; Wyoming averages 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Casper Mountain: the gist
Casper Mountain and Casper trade workers both ways
Casper is the top workplace for Casper Mountain residents (62%) and also where the most people who work in Casper Mountain come from (67% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Casper Mountain residents work close to home
84% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Casper Mountain is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in Casper Mountain, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Casper Mountain has about 230 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 234 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Casper Mountain work
Where Casper Mountain clocks in
Lines 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.
Where in the region Casper Mountain works
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.
The daily commute in and out of Casper Mountain
On a workday 233 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Casper Mountain on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.
0.12 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Casper Mountain
27 jobs are based in Casper Mountain.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Casper Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 27. 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 Casper Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Casper Mountain: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Casper Mountain workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 242 commuters (the 0% 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.
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 Casper Mountain: questions
What is the median household income in Casper Mountain?
$107,895 (±$43,711) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Casper Mountain?
0.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Casper Mountain?
19 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Casper Mountain work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Casper (62%, 7 mi), Evansville (6%, 10 mi), Mills (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Casper Mountain 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 Casper Mountain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Casper Mountain
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.