Photo: PvtWm · CC BY-SA 4.0About two in five of Kirby’s working residents commute to Thermopolis
There are 42 jobs in Kirby; 25 of its residents have a job. For 19% of workers, the job is at home (Wyoming 9%). Hardly any work in Kirby itself; outside it, Thermopolis draws the most (40%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Kirby
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 84 people are in Kirby on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.7 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.
Where Kirby’s workers come from
Where Kirby clocks in
40% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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: 86% of Kirby’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kirby, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 42. 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 Kirby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Kirby
of Kirby workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 commuters (the 19% 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 many miles Kirby commutes
About 36% 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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Kirby workers work outside Wyoming. The job records count 16% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Kirby: questions
What is the median household income in Kirby?
$33,750 (±$13,571) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kirby?
18.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Kirby work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Kirby without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kirby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kirby
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.