Big Horn Academy Historic District · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Cowley
Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 9% for Wyoming as a whole. About one in ten work in Cowley itself; outside it, Lovell draws the most (27%, 5 miles). The average commute takes 15 minutes each way (Wyoming 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cowley stands out on work
Where people from Cowley work
Where Cowley clocks in
27% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
In and out of Cowley on a workday
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 265 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
In Cowley, services account for most jobs
289 jobs are based in Cowley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cowley, 2014 → 2024: 9 → 289. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cowley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Cowley: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cowley workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 289 commuters (the 3% 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 far Cowley’s workers travel
About 18% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Cowley: questions
What is the median household income in Cowley?
$79,732 (±$16,988) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cowley?
6.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cowley?
15 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cowley work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lovell (27%, 5 mi), Powell (9%, 16 mi), Cody (4%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Cowley 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 Cowley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cowley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.