Photo: Richard Oriez · Public domainAbout two in five of Warren AFB’s working residents commute to Cheyenne
The average commute takes 12 minutes each way, next to 19 for Wyoming and 26 for the U.S. Warren AFB grades B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Measured by family income, Warren AFB is behind 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Warren AFB and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
The jobs in Warren AFB pay better than its residents’ jobs
68% of the jobs based in Warren AFB pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 46% of the jobs Warren AFB residents hold. 94% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Warren AFB. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 366 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Warren AFB gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On family income, poverty and job access, Warren AFB is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #7 of 28 in Wyoming. The poverty rate holds Warren AFB’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 11.9%); family income pulls it down ($70,469, U.S. $99,999). It also does well on job access by car.
18% of Warren AFB’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (22% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 4.4%, against 5.9% for all residents. Unemployment (0.9%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($70,469), since student households pull the household median down ($69,432).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Warren AFB could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Where Warren AFB’s working residents head each day
Where Warren AFB clocks in
44% of workers
2% 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.
How far Warren AFB goes to work
About 39% 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.
68% of the jobs in Warren AFB pay over $3,333 a month
390 jobs are based in Warren AFB.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren AFB, 2013 → 2023: 368 → 390. 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 Warren AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Warren AFB on a workday
On a workday 341 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 365 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 (1.07 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.
Warren AFB’s commute takes about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warren AFB workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,700 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.
Few in Warren AFB walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warren AFB is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #23 of 28 in Wyoming. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.8% across Wyoming, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,816 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). 3.5% of Warren AFB households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Warren AFB’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Warren AFB is 2,074th among 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 949 | Bar Nunn WY | 3,012 | $99K | 2.2% | 3.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,372 | North Rock Springs WY | 2,277 | $104K | 9.0% | 1.6% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,679 | Newcastle WY | 3,349 | $83K | 7.3% | 0.4% | 48% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,072 | Buckner MO | 2,891 | $87K | 12.1% | 5.1% | 4% | B− |
| 2,073 | Carryall Township OH | 2,992 | $65K | 9.8% | 2.6% | 11% | B− |
| 2,074 | Warren AFB WY | 2,936 | $69K | 5.9% | 0.9% | 7% | B− |
| 2,075 | Belleair Bluffs FL | 2,242 | $59K | 9.5% | 4.6% | 4% | B− |
| 2,076 | Malad City ID | 2,338 | $77K | 8.2% | 1.4% | 35% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Warren AFB, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
Next door is work for 44% of Warren AFB
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warren AFB workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren AFB | – | B− | B− | 12 min | $69,432 |
| Cheyenne | 44% | B | B | 16 min | $78,839 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cheyenne. Darker towns draw more of Warren AFB’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
- Students. 18% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Warren AFB: questions
What is the median household income in Warren AFB?
$69,432 (±$13,417) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warren AFB?
5.9% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 4.4%. Wyoming: 10.5%.
How long is the commute from Warren AFB?
12 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren AFB work?
7% work in town.
Is Warren AFB walkable?
Warren AFB is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warren AFB without a car?
<1% 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 Warren AFB, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warren AFB
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.