King, C. H., Company, and First National Bank of Shoshoni · Photo: Chevsapher · CC0Shoshoni has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
18% of workers have no commute at all (Wyoming 9%). Employers in Shoshoni report 104 jobs, against 185 working residents. Only 2% work in Shoshoni; the top destination outside it is Lander (27%, 42 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Shoshoni, and who commutes in
On a workday 181 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Shoshoni on a workday afternoon, 16% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Shoshoni work
Where Shoshoni clocks in
27% of workers
15% of workers
3% 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: 56% of the jobs in Shoshoni
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shoshoni, 2013 → 2023: 166 → 104. 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 Shoshoni’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Shoshoni spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shoshoni workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 183 commuters (the 18% 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.
The distance from Shoshoni to work
About 31% 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 Shoshoni: questions
What is the median household income in Shoshoni?
$57,096 (±$24,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shoshoni?
17.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shoshoni?
24 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shoshoni work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lander (27%, 42 mi), Riverton (15%, 20 mi), Rock Springs (3%, 127 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shoshoni 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 Shoshoni, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shoshoni
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.