Photo: Gyejournal · CC BY-SA 4.0Cora has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Cora for work; outside it, Pinedale is the main destination (38%, 9 miles). 7 jobs are based in Cora; 53 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Cora: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 53 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12 people are in Cora on a workday afternoon, 79% fewer than live here.
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 Cora ends
Where Cora clocks in
38% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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, not services: 100% of the jobs in Cora
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cora, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 7. 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 Cora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cora
of Cora workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Cora to work
About 31% 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 Cora: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cora?
0.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cora work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pinedale (38%, 9 mi), Jackson (13%, 53 mi), Cheyenne (6%, 295 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cora
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.