Afton draws more than half of Grover’s working residents
There are 55 jobs in Grover, and 217 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Grover; the top destination outside it is Afton (53%, 5 miles). A typical one-way commute from Grover lasts 10 minutes (Wyoming 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Grover and work: the main findings
More than half of Grover works in Afton
116 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Afton, 5.2 miles away. That’s 53 times as many as work in Grover itself. The commute map ↓
Most Grover residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Grover is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Grover, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 217 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Grover work
Where Grover clocks in
53% 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.
Grover’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
Grover on a workday afternoon
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Grover on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.25 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.
A place that makes things: 31% of Grover’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grover, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 55. 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 Grover’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Grover spends getting to work: about 10 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grover workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 245 commuters (the 6% 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.
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 Grover: questions
What is the poverty rate in Grover?
0.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grover?
10 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grover work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Grover 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 Grover, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grover
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.