Names Hill · Photo: Realwyo · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.5 jobs in La Barge for every working resident, and 253 people commute in
A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes; Wyoming averages 19, the U.S. 26. Employers in La Barge report 264 jobs for 107 working residents. About one in ten work in La Barge; the top destination outside it is Afton (12%, 49 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in La Barge by day
On a workday 96 residents head out to work and 11 work right here.
About 550 people are in La Barge on a workday afternoon, 40% more than live here.
2.5 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 into La Barge
Where La Barge clocks in
12% 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: 60% of the jobs in La Barge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Barge, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 264. 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 La Barge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from La Barge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Barge workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 commuters (the 9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from La Barge
About 46% 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in La Barge: questions
What is the median household income in La Barge?
$67,143 (±$17,650) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Barge?
5.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Barge?
22 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Barge work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Afton (12%, 49 mi), Cokeville (9%, 41 mi), Kemmerer (9%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Barge 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 La Barge, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Barge
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.