Photo: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Guernsey earn less than those in 88% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Guernsey itself; outside it, Wheatland draws the most (11%, 18 miles). Poverty touches 10.1% of residents, against 10.5% across Wyoming. Guernsey grades D for jobs and income.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Guernsey apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Guernsey are quick
The average trip to work takes 7 minutes, against 19 across Wyoming. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wyoming worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Guernsey pay little
27% of the jobs based in Guernsey pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 302 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Guernsey’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Guernsey’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (8.9%) is left out: Guernsey’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Guernsey could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Guernsey’s commute, mile by mile
About 39% 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.
Guernsey’s commute takes about 7 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Guernsey workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 164 commuters (the 8% 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 338 jobs based in Guernsey
338 jobs are based in Guernsey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guernsey, 2014 → 2024: 307 → 338. 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 Guernsey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Guernsey by day and by night
On a workday 231 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 267 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 (1.12 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.
Where people from Guernsey work
Where Guernsey clocks in
Lines 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.
Guernsey next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 3,033rd of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 318 | Rafter J Ranch WY | 1,293 | $161K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 423 | Hoback WY | 1,316 | $147K | 1.7% | 1.8% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 668 | Story WY | 1,054 | $114K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,031 | Rancho Alegre TX | 1,337 | $49K | 23.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D |
| 3,032 | Geneva IN | 1,293 | $53K | 21.5% | 5.9% | 5% | D |
| 3,033 | Guernsey WY | 1,104 | $50K | 10.1% | 8.9% | 24% | D |
| 3,034 | North Shenango Township PA | 1,279 | $52K | 11.4% | 4.7% | 6% | D |
| 3,035 | Remerton GA | 1,291 | $27K | 41.3% | 5.5% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Guernsey, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
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 Guernsey: questions
What is the median household income in Guernsey?
$50,114 (±$23,453) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Guernsey?
10.1%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Guernsey?
7 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Guernsey work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheatland (11%, 18 mi), Casper (6%, 90 mi), Torrington (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Guernsey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Guernsey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guernsey
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.