Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0At 2.9%, unemployment in Sheridan is lower than in 71% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Sheridan are C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About two in three work in Sheridan; the top destination outside it is Gillette (3%, 81 miles). Commuters spend 13 minutes getting to work on average, next to 19 for Wyoming and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sheridan, in brief
Most jobs in Sheridan go to people who live here
Of the 10,827 jobs based in Sheridan, 53% are held by Sheridan residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Sheridan are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 19 across Wyoming. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wyoming worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Where Sheridan’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sheridan is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #13 of 28 in Wyoming. Unemployment holds Sheridan’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sheridan could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Sheridan
On a workday 3,216 residents head out to work, 5,770 work right here, and 5,057 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 (1.20 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
From Sheridan, about 13 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sheridan workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,042 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Sheridan goes to work
Where Sheridan 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.
The 10,827 jobs based in Sheridan
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sheridan, 2014 → 2024: 9,500 → 10,827. 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 Sheridan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Sheridan, by distance
About 21% 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.
In Sheridan, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sheridan is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #11 of 28 in Wyoming. Both inputs place Sheridan near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,600 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). 5.5% of Sheridan households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sheridan’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sheridan is 1,399th of 1,860 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,397 | Jasper AL | 14,585 | $66K | 15.9% | 3.5% | 29% | C+ |
| 1,398 | Denison TX | 26,822 | $67K | 15.0% | 4.6% | 22% | C+ |
| 1,399 | Sheridan WY | 20,015 | $63K | 12.5% | 2.9% | 64% | C+ |
| 1,400 | Evans CO | 22,500 | $76K | 13.5% | 7.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,401 | Middle Township NJ | 19,990 | $84K | 12.0% | 6.2% | 29% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,570 | Rock Springs WY | 22,936 | $69K | 16.1% | 5.2% | 54% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Sheridan, 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 Sheridan: questions
What is the median household income in Sheridan?
$62,867 (±$4,792) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sheridan?
12.5%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sheridan?
13 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sheridan work?
64% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gillette (3%, 81 mi), Casper (3%, 139 mi), Ranchester (2%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sheridan walkable?
Sheridan is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sheridan without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sheridan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sheridan
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.