Lance Creek has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 5 jobs in Lance Creek, against 15 working residents. Hardly any work in Lance Creek itself; outside it, Lusk draws the most (40%, 22 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Wyoming has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lance Creek on a workday afternoon
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29 people are in Lance Creek on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Lance Creek ends
Where Lance Creek clocks in
40% of workers
7% 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.
Lance Creek makes things: 80% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lance Creek, 2014 → 2024: 35 → 5. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lance Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lance Creek
of Lance Creek workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Lance Creek
About 47% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Lance Creek: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lance Creek?
82.1%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lance Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lusk (40%, 22 mi), Converse (7%, 999 mi), Wheatland (7%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lance Creek 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 Lance Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lance Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.