Photo: User:Swampyank · CC BY-SA 3.0Cody has lower unemployment (3.4%) than 63% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Cody C+; getting around on foot earns it A−. About two in three work in Cody; the top destination outside it is Powell (4%, 22 miles). Working residents average 10 minutes each way (Wyoming 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Cody
Commutes from Cody are quick
The average trip to work takes 10 minutes, against 19 across Wyoming. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wyoming worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Cody go to people who live here
Of the 6,302 jobs based in Cody, 46% are held by Cody residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. 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.
Inside Cody’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cody is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #11 of 28 in Wyoming. Unemployment holds Cody’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cody could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Commuting from Cody: about 10 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cody workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,698 commuters (the 8% 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.
How a workday changes Cody
On a workday 1,503 residents head out to work, 2,918 work right here, and 3,384 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Cody on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 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 Cody goes to work
Where Cody clocks in
4% of workers
1% 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 6,302 jobs based in Cody
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cody, 2013 → 2023: 5,951 → 6,302. 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 Cody’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Cody commutes less than 2 miles
About 17% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Cody
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cody is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #13 of 28 in Wyoming. Both inputs place Cody near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,114 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 10% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of Cody households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cody’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cody is 1,888th among 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 731 | Jackson WY | 10,720 | $119K | 4.4% | 1.2% | 61% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,886 | Morro Bay CA | 10,613 | $96K | 8.4% | 8.0% | 19% | C+ |
| 1,887 | Vermillion SD | 11,720 | $50K | 24.4% | 8.5% | 48% | C+ |
| 1,888 | Cody WY | 10,377 | $73K | 9.5% | 3.4% | 66% | C+ |
| 1,889 | Patterson NY | 11,640 | $102K | 17.6% | 7.1% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,890 | Blacklick Estates OH | 8,389 | $69K | 12.7% | 7.5% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,933 | Evanston WY | 11,705 | $77K | 8.6% | 3.9% | 63% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,081 | Green River WY | 11,450 | $85K | 9.3% | 5.6% | 28% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cody, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
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 Cody: questions
What is the median household income in Cody?
$72,570 (±$12,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cody?
9.5%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cody?
10 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cody work?
66% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Powell (4%, 22 mi), Riverton (1%, 109 mi), Casper (1%, 179 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cody walkable?
Cody is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cody without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cody, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cody
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.