Most of Slater commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Slater itself; outside it, Wheatland draws the most (41%, 15 miles). Employers in Slater report 9 jobs for 27 working residents. Below the poverty line: 70.7% of residents, where Wyoming as a whole has 10.5%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Slater
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 81 people are in Slater on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 Slater’s working residents head each day
Where Slater clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 78% of the jobs in Slater
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Slater, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 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 Slater’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Slater’s commute, mile by mile
About 41% 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 Slater: questions
What is the poverty rate in Slater?
70.7%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Slater work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheatland (41%, 15 mi), Douglas (11%, 68 mi), Jackson (7%, 323 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Slater, from the people who make the trip.
More of Slater
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.