Lyman’s household incomes are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income B−: better than 49% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B: more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 26 minutes each way (Wyoming 19, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Lyman; the top destination outside it is Mountain View (9%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Lyman
Lyman makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Lyman are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lyman residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Lyman than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Lyman fell from 1,080 in 2013 to 707 in 2023, −35%. 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 670 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Lyman’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Lyman is better than 49% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Lyman’s grade up ($101,190, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Lyman’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lyman could be anywhere from D to B+.
Lyman makes things: 53% of its jobs are in goods
707 jobs are based in Lyman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lyman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyman, 2013 → 2023: 1,080 → 707. 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.
Half of Lyman commutes less than 31 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 31% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 522 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 559 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 (1.06 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.
9% of working residents work in Mountain View
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Lyman clocks in
8% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Wyoming
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyman workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 617 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Wyoming: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Lyman start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lyman is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.8% across Wyoming, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 658 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). 3.7% of Lyman households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Lyman’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lyman is 2,206th of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lyman, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,129 | South Park WY | 2,093 | $116K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,322 | North Rock Springs WY | 2,277 | $104K | 9.0% | 1.6% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,508 | Sleepy Hollow WY | 1,632 | $121K | 10.4% | 1.9% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,204 | Lower Frankford Township PA | 1,833 | $77K | 11.8% | 3.5% | <1% | B− |
| 2,205 | Monroe IA | 2,022 | $80K | 8.1% | 6.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,206 | Lyman WY | 2,216 | $101K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 22% | B− |
| 2,207 | Mendon Township MI | 2,565 | $76K | 6.4% | 4.9% | 11% | B− |
| 2,208 | Great Bend Township PA | 1,682 | $81K | 8.2% | 5.5% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | 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.
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 Lyman: questions
What is the median household income in Lyman?
$101,190 (±$33,073) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyman?
7.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyman?
26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyman work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mountain View (9%, 4 mi), Evanston (8%, 35 mi), Green River (2%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lyman walkable?
Lyman is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lyman without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lyman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyman
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.