Photo: Greg Tally - User: (WT-shared) WineCountryInn at wts wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 3.0At 1.2%, unemployment in Jackson is lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Jackson are A− for jobs and income and A for walkability. More than half work in Jackson itself; outside it, Teton Village draws the most (5%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Jackson
Jackson is where the jobs are
Jackson has 11,233 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 17,000 people are in town, 60% more than the 11,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Jackson are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 19 across Wyoming. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wyoming worker. Time on the road ↓
Jackson has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Jackson went from 8,062 in 2013 to 11,233 in 2023, +39%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Jackson earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jackson is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #2 of 28 in Wyoming. Unemployment holds Jackson’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jackson could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Jackson on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,906 residents head out to work, 2,931 work right here, and 8,302 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Jackson on a workday afternoon, 60% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip from Jackson: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jackson workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,500 commuters (the 11% 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.
67% of the jobs in Jackson pay over $3,333 a month
11,233 jobs are based in Jackson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 8,062 → 11,233. 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 Jackson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Jackson’s workers come from
Where Jackson clocks in
2% 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.
The commute from Jackson, by distance
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.
Jackson is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jackson is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #1 of 28 in Wyoming. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 21.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.8% across Wyoming, on an EPA index of 9.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,336 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). 2.0% of Jackson households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Jackson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Jackson is 601st among 2,280 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 599 | Palm Beach FL | 9,423 | $168K | 6.9% | 4.9% | 19% | A− |
| 600 | East Rutherford NJ | 10,566 | $98K | 7.4% | 4.3% | 5% | A− |
| 601 | Jackson WY | 10,720 | $119K | 4.4% | 1.2% | 61% | A− |
| 602 | McGregor FL | 8,490 | $105K | 4.5% | 4.1% | 5% | A− |
| 603 | Croton-on-Hudson NY | 8,282 | $192K | 3.7% | 7.2% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,505 | Cody WY | 10,377 | $73K | 9.5% | 3.4% | 66% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,543 | Evanston WY | 11,705 | $77K | 8.6% | 3.9% | 63% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,665 | Green River WY | 11,450 | $85K | 9.3% | 5.6% | 28% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,280 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Jackson, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
The towns around Jackson
The biggest share goes to South Park (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jackson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | – | A− | A | 12 min | $118,991 |
| South Park | 2% | B+ | C+ | 14 min | $116,449 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jackson’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 Jackson: questions
What is the median household income in Jackson?
$118,991 (±$10,427) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson?
4.4%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson?
12 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson work?
61% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Teton Village (5%, 9 mi), Moose Wilson Road (3%, 5 mi), Wilson (2%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jackson walkable?
Jackson is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 22% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jackson without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jackson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jackson
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.