South Torrington Union Pacific Depot · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Torrington’s household incomes are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
More than half stay in Torrington for work; outside it, Scottsbluff is the main destination (4%, 30 miles). 18.8% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.5% across Wyoming. The two grades for Torrington are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Torrington apart on work
Inside Torrington’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Torrington is better than 5% of U.S. towns, #28 of 28 in Wyoming. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Torrington’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Torrington could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Each way, about 14 minutes from Torrington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Torrington workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,078 commuters (the 9% 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.
Who works in Torrington, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 989 residents head out to work, 1,262 work right here, and 1,832 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,000 people are in Torrington on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
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 Torrington goes to work
Where Torrington clocks in
4% 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.
In Torrington, services account for most jobs
3,094 jobs are based in Torrington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Torrington, 2013 → 2023: 3,429 → 3,094. 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 Torrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Torrington
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.
Torrington is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Torrington is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #19 of 28 in Wyoming. Both inputs place Torrington 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 2,284 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). 9.8% of Torrington households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Torrington’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Torrington compares with U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 356 | Ranchettes WY | 5,949 | $121K | 2.9% | 0.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,445 | Worland WY | 4,730 | $63K | 10.7% | 3.1% | 55% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,636 | Powell WY | 6,574 | $64K | 12.8% | 3.7% | 44% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,312 | Palermo CA | 5,266 | $51K | 20.1% | 10.6% | 4% | D |
| 3,313 | Lake City SC | 5,940 | $34K | 25.7% | 9.7% | 11% | D |
| 3,314 | Torrington WY | 6,205 | $48K | 18.8% | 7.2% | 56% | D |
| 3,315 | Abbeville SC | 4,902 | $41K | 27.3% | 7.5% | 16% | D |
| 3,316 | Georgetown OH | 4,450 | $42K | 38.4% | 5.4% | 17% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Torrington, 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 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 Torrington: questions
What is the median household income in Torrington?
$47,902 (±$11,126) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Torrington?
18.8%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Torrington?
14 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Torrington work?
56% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scottsbluff (4%, 30 mi), Cheyenne (3%, 72 mi), Casper (2%, 122 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Torrington walkable?
Torrington is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Torrington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Torrington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Torrington
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. 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.