Penney, J. C., Historic District · Photo: Bernd00 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Kemmerer (1.6%) than in 89% of U.S. towns
1% of workers have no commute at all; Wyoming has 9%. Kemmerer grades C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Working residents average 19 minutes each way, about the same as across Wyoming.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Kemmerer apart on work
Kemmerer makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Kemmerer are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Kemmerer residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Kemmerer than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Kemmerer fell from 1,363 in 2013 to 1,029 in 2023, −25%. 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 ↓
Few Kemmerer workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 9% across Wyoming. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Kemmerer
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kemmerer is better than 41% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Kemmerer’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kemmerer could be anywhere from C− to B.
Goods, not services: 37% of the jobs in Kemmerer
1,029 jobs are based in Kemmerer.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kemmerer, 2013 → 2023: 1,363 → 1,029. 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 Kemmerer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Kemmerer: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kemmerer workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,218 commuters (the 1% 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 a workday changes Kemmerer
On a workday 764 residents head out to work, 407 work right here, and 622 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 (0.88 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.
11% of working residents work in Diamondville
Where Kemmerer 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.
Half of Kemmerer commutes less than 28 miles
About 28% 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.
In Kemmerer, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kemmerer is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kemmerer near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,231 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). 8.4% of Kemmerer households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kemmerer’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,934th of 5,552: where Kemmerer ranks among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 984 | Bar Nunn WY | 3,012 | $99K | 2.2% | 3.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,265 | South Park WY | 2,093 | $116K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,472 | North Rock Springs WY | 2,277 | $104K | 9.0% | 1.6% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,932 | Toulon Township IL | 2,167 | $63K | 11.8% | 2.7% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,933 | Easton CA | 2,722 | $91K | 21.1% | 7.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,934 | Kemmerer WY | 2,353 | $77K | 14.3% | 1.6% | 35% | C+ |
| 2,935 | Corinth ME | 3,139 | $64K | 11.4% | 1.9% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,936 | Whitehall Township MI | 1,798 | $79K | 13.3% | 6.8% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Kemmerer, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
The towns next door employ 11% of Kemmerer
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kemmerer workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemmerer | – | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $76,626 |
| Diamondville | 11% | — | — | 13 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Diamondville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Diamondville. Darker towns draw more of Kemmerer’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 Kemmerer: questions
What is the median household income in Kemmerer?
$76,626 (±$14,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kemmerer?
14.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kemmerer?
19 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kemmerer work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Diamondville (11%, 1 mi), Cokeville (5%, 29 mi), La Barge (5%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kemmerer walkable?
Kemmerer is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kemmerer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kemmerer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kemmerer
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.