Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Dayton’s working residents commute to Sheridan
For 7% of workers, the job is at home; Wyoming has 9%. The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, where Wyoming has 19 and the U.S. 26. There are 168 jobs in Dayton; 283 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Dayton stands out on work
More than half of Dayton works in Sheridan
156 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Sheridan, 16 miles away. That’s 18 times as many as work in Dayton itself. The commute map ↓
Dayton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 19 across Wyoming. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 283 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Dayton’s residents
Where Dayton clocks in
55% of workers
2% 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.
Dayton’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dayton workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 460 commuters (the 7% 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.
Dayton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 274 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Dayton on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
Dayton works in goods: 55% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dayton, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 168. 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 Dayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Dayton to work
About 21% 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 Dayton: questions
What is the median household income in Dayton?
$75,066 (±$14,827) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dayton?
1.9%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dayton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dayton work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Dayton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dayton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dayton
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.