Photo: Bernardgeorgeh · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Farson earns its living
Only 1% work in Farson itself; outside it, Rock Springs draws the most (20%, 40 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Wyoming as a whole. There are 59 jobs in Farson, against 76 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Farson
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51 people are in Farson on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 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 people from Farson work
Where Farson clocks in
20% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
Farson works in goods: 46% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farson, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 59. 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 Farson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Farson
of Farson workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from Farson, by distance
About 47% 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 Farson: questions
What is the poverty rate in Farson?
0.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Farson work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Springs (20%, 40 mi), Wamsutter (12%, 82 mi), Green River (5%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Farson 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 Farson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farson
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.