Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Powder River works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Powder River itself; outside it, Casper draws the most (41%, 37 miles). Employers in Powder River report 9 jobs; 17 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Powder River on a workday afternoon
On a workday 17 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
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 Powder River commutes to
Where Powder River 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.
Powder River works in goods: 33% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Powder River, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 9. 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 Powder River’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Powder River commutes less than 36 miles
About 29% 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 Powder River: questions
Where do people who live in Powder River work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Casper (41%, 37 mi), Mills (12%, 33 mi), Cheyenne (12%, 174 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Powder River, from the people who make the trip.
More of Powder River
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.