ETD Bridge over Green River · Photo: Clayton B. Fraser · Public domainMaking a living in Fontenelle
Fontenelle has 3 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Wyoming as a whole. Hardly any stay in Fontenelle for work; outside it, Evanston is the main destination (33%, 69 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Fontenelle
On a workday 3 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Fontenelle on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Fontenelle ends
Where Fontenelle clocks in
33% of workers
33% 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.
Working from home in Fontenelle
of Fontenelle workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 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.
How far it is to work from Fontenelle
About 100% 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 Fontenelle: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fontenelle?
0.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fontenelle work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evanston (33%, 69 mi), Cheyenne (33%, 279 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Fontenelle 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 Fontenelle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fontenelle
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.