Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domainHousehold incomes in Lovell trail those of 74% of U.S. towns
About one in four stay in Lovell for work; outside it, Deaver is the main destination (8%, 11 miles). The poverty rate is 18.6%, next to 10.5% for Wyoming as a whole. Jobs and income earn Lovell D; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lovell apart
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Lovell
Household income holds Lovell’s grade up ($60,154, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Lovell’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lovell could be anywhere from D− to C−.
About 13 minutes each way, quicker than most of Wyoming
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lovell workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 883 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 626 residents head out to work, 228 work right here, and 625 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 (1.00 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.
The places Lovell commutes to
Where Lovell clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
The 853 jobs based in Lovell
853 jobs are based in Lovell.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lovell, 2013 → 2023: 1,085 → 853. 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 Lovell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Lovell, by distance
About 18% 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.
Most of Lovell commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lovell is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lovell 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 915 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.0% of Lovell households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lovell’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,552 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200, Lovell comes 4,967th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,965 | Mendenhall MS | 2,115 | $40K | 31.7% | 7.2% | 10% | D |
| 4,966 | Webster SD | 1,681 | $55K | 15.1% | 0.7% | 44% | D |
| 4,967 | Lovell WY | 2,351 | $60K | 18.6% | 3.6% | 27% | D |
| 4,968 | Colebrook NH | 2,110 | $51K | 13.3% | 2.9% | 36% | D |
| 4,969 | Cricket NC | 2,317 | $40K | 27.0% | 3.4% | 0% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Lovell, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
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 Lovell: questions
What is the median household income in Lovell?
$60,154 (±$13,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lovell?
18.6%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lovell?
13 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lovell work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Deaver (8%, 11 mi), Powell (8%, 19 mi), Cody (5%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lovell walkable?
Lovell is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lovell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lovell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lovell
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.