Hoback’s household incomes are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Wyoming as a whole. 1.7% of residents are in poverty; Wyoming has 10.5%. Jobs and income earn Hoback A−; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hoback, in brief
43% of Hoback works in Jackson
232 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Jackson, 12 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Hoback itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Hoback than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hoback fell from 1,189 in 2013 to 597 in 2023, −50%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Hoback makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Hoback are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hoback residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
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 540 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Hoback’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Hoback is better than 77% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hoback’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Hoback’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hoback could be anywhere from C− to A−.
43% of working residents work in Jackson
Where Hoback clocks in
43% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 42% of Hoback’s jobs are in goods
597 jobs are based in Hoback.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hoback, 2013 → 2023: 1,189 → 597. 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 Hoback’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Hoback
On a workday 479 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 536 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 (1.11 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.
About 24 minutes each way, longer than most of Wyoming
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hoback workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 721 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.
Hoback’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Most trips from Hoback start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hoback is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.8% across Wyoming, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 721 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Hoback households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hoback’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hoback next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800: 658th of 5,400 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 488 | Rafter J Ranch WY | 1,293 | $161K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 656 | Clear Lake Shores TX | 1,298 | $112K | 14.6% | 7.3% | 3% | A− |
| 657 | Green Township IN | 1,682 | $82K | 6.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A− |
| 658 | Hoback WY | 1,316 | $147K | 1.7% | 1.8% | 11% | A− |
| 659 | Reese MI | 1,265 | $82K | 2.6% | 11.3% | 4% | A− |
| 660 | East Galena Township IL | 1,228 | $103K | 2.8% | 4.5% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,014 | Story WY | 1,054 | $114K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,232 | Sleepy Hollow WY | 1,632 | $121K | 10.4% | 1.9% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Hoback, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
Next door to Hoback
The biggest share goes to South Park (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hoback workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoback | – | A− | B | 24 min | $146,951 |
| South Park | 3% | B+ | C+ | 14 min | $116,449 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hoback’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Hoback: questions
What is the median household income in Hoback?
$146,951 (±$143,945) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hoback?
1.7%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hoback?
24 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hoback work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (43%, 12 mi), South Park (3%, 9 mi), Moose Wilson Road (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hoback walkable?
Hoback is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hoback 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 Hoback, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hoback
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. 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.