Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Centennial, WY
Only 2% stay in Centennial for work; outside it, Laramie is the main destination (39%, 28 miles). 83% of workers work from home, where Wyoming as a whole has 9%. Centennial has 64 jobs, against 93 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Centennial, and who commutes in
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 62 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.
0.69 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.
The places Centennial commutes to
Where Centennial clocks in
39% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Centennial
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centennial, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 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 Centennial’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Centennial
of Centennial workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 83% 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.
Miles to work from Centennial
About 38% 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 Centennial: questions
What is the median household income in Centennial?
$110,579 (±$12,677) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centennial?
9.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Centennial work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laramie (39%, 28 mi), Cheyenne (5%, 71 mi), Rock River (3%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Centennial 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 Centennial, from the people who make the trip.
More of Centennial
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.