With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Red Butte works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Wyoming 9%). 18 jobs are based in Red Butte, against 207 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 17 minutes (Wyoming 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Red Butte: the gist
Red Butte and Casper trade workers both ways
Casper is the top workplace for Red Butte residents (43%) and also where the most people who work in Red Butte come from (44% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Red Butte is a place people come home to
There are 18 jobs based in Red Butte, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Red Butte has about 390 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Red Butte residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. 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 207 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
43% of working residents work in Casper
Where Red Butte clocks in
Lines 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.
How a workday changes Red Butte
On a workday 207 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Red Butte on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Red Butte
About 24% 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.
A place that makes things: 61% of Red Butte’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Butte, 2014 → 2024: 22 → 18. 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 Red Butte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Red Butte spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red Butte workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 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.
Red Butte and its neighbors: 43% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Casper. Darker towns draw more of Red Butte’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Red Butte: questions
What is the median household income in Red Butte?
$190,444 (±$135,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Butte?
0.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Butte?
17 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Red Butte work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Casper (43%, 6 mi), Mills (5%, 4 mi), Vista West (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Red Butte 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 Red Butte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Butte
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.