A job hub: Thayne has 3.0 jobs per working resident, and 357 people come in to work
The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, next to 19 for Wyoming and 26 for the U.S. There are 368 jobs in Thayne, against 121 working residents. About one in ten stay in Thayne for work; outside it, Jackson is the main destination (25%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Thayne, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 110 residents head out to work and 11 work right here.
About 680 people are in Thayne on a workday afternoon, 57% more 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 Thayne’s workers come from
Where Thayne clocks in
25% of workers
15% 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.
The kinds of work in Thayne
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thayne, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 368. 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 Thayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Thayne
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thayne workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 347 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.
How many miles Thayne commutes
About 22% 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 Thayne: questions
What is the median household income in Thayne?
$78,194 (±$21,633) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thayne?
6.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thayne?
20 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thayne work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (25%, 40 mi), Afton (15%, 14 mi), Alpine (2%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thayne 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 Thayne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thayne
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.