Photo: Tarabholmes · CC BY-SA 4.0Pinedale has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
About one in three work in Pinedale itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (5%, 62 miles). For jobs and income Pinedale is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (B). Measured by household income, Pinedale is behind 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pinedale: the gist
Pinedale is where the jobs are
Pinedale has 1,410 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The biggest group of Pinedale’s workers comes from Marbleton
113 of the people who work in Pinedale live in Marbleton, 24 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 679 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Pinedale’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Unemployment holds Pinedale’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pinedale could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Pinedale on a workday afternoon
On a workday 452 residents head out to work, 227 work right here, and 1,183 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Pinedale on a workday afternoon, 37% more than live here.
2.1 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Pinedale’s workers come from
Where Pinedale clocks in
5% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pinedale
About 33% 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 Pinedale’s employers do
1,410 jobs are based in Pinedale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinedale, 2014 → 2024: 1,946 → 1,410. 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 Pinedale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Pinedale: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinedale workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 896 commuters (the 12% 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.
Most of Pinedale commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.8% across Wyoming, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,016 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). 3.9% of Pinedale households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pinedale’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pinedale ranks: 2,792nd of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,148 | South Park WY | 2,093 | $116K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,360 | North Rock Springs WY | 2,277 | $104K | 9.0% | 1.6% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,538 | Sleepy Hollow WY | 1,632 | $121K | 10.4% | 1.9% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,790 | St. Paris OH | 1,884 | $58K | 6.5% | 5.9% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,791 | Cannon Beach OR | 1,512 | $69K | 4.5% | 3.0% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,792 | Pinedale WY | 1,997 | $59K | 11.1% | 0.0% | 33% | C+ |
| 2,793 | Jackson Township IN | 1,717 | $67K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,794 | Noble Township KS | 1,927 | $76K | 9.1% | 6.0% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Pinedale, 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 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 Pinedale: questions
What is the median household income in Pinedale?
$58,500 (±$26,773) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinedale?
11.1%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinedale?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinedale work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (5%, 62 mi), Big Piney (2%, 26 mi), Marbleton (2%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pinedale walkable?
Pinedale is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pinedale without a car?
0% 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 Pinedale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinedale
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. 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.