Rolling Hills has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average; Wyoming averages 19, the U.S. 26. Employers in Rolling Hills report 21 jobs; 168 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Rolling Hills; the top destination outside it is Douglas (22%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Rolling Hills
On a workday 167 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Rolling Hills on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where people from Rolling Hills work
Where Rolling Hills clocks in
22% of workers
10% 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.
Goods, not services: 48% of the jobs in Rolling Hills
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rolling Hills, 2014 → 2024: 37 → 21. 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 Rolling Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Rolling Hills
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rolling Hills workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Rolling Hills commutes less than 26 miles
About 23% 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 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 Rolling Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Rolling Hills?
$111,161 (±$2,178) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rolling Hills?
3.2%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rolling Hills?
33 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rolling Hills work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Douglas (22%, 25 mi), Casper (19%, 24 mi), Glenrock (10%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rolling Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rolling Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rolling Hills
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.