There are 1.8 jobs in James Town for every working resident, and 356 people commute in
The average commute takes 16 minutes each way; Wyoming averages 19, the U.S. 26. Employers in James Town report 360 jobs, and 205 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 10% of workers, against 9% across Wyoming.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in James Town, in a few figures
James Town and Green River trade workers both ways
Green River is the top workplace for James Town residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in James Town come from (39% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
James Town makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in James Town are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs James Town residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in James Town than ten years ago
Jobs counted in James Town fell from 658 in 2013 to 360 in 2023, −45%. 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 ↓
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 205 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily trip into James Town
Where James Town clocks in
23% of workers
21% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 54% of the jobs in James Town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in James Town, 2013 → 2023: 658 → 360. 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 James Town’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of James Town on a workday
On a workday 201 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 590 people are in James Town on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
1.8 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.
How long James Town spends getting to work: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of James Town workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 commuters (the 10% 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 James Town goes to work
About 25% 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.
Bordering towns draw 23% of James Town’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | James Town workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Town | – | — | — | 16 min | $118,750 |
| Green River | 23% | C+ | A− | 24 min | $84,747 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Green River. Darker towns draw more of James Town’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 James Town: questions
What is the median household income in James Town?
$118,750 (±$102,131) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in James Town?
0.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from James Town?
16 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in James Town work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green River (23%, 5 mi), Rock Springs (21%, 16 mi), North Rock Springs (2%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around James Town 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 James Town, from the people who make the trip.
More of James Town
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.