With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Y-O Ranch works elsewhere
0% of workers work from home, next to 9% for Wyoming as a whole. 14 jobs are based in Y-O Ranch, against 57 working residents. Hardly any stay in Y-O Ranch for work; outside it, Wheatland is the main destination (23%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Y-O Ranch
On a workday 57 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 77 people are in Y-O Ranch on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Y-O Ranch commutes to
Where Y-O Ranch clocks in
9% 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.
Making and building: 86% of jobs based in Y-O Ranch
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Y-O Ranch, 2014 → 2024: 12 → 14. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Y-O Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Y-O Ranch: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Y-O Ranch workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 84 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Y-O Ranch
About 45% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Y-O Ranch and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Y-O Ranch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y-O Ranch | – | — | — | 21 min | $109,773 |
| Chugcreek | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chugcreek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Y-O Ranch’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 2024, 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 Y-O Ranch: questions
What is the median household income in Y-O Ranch?
$109,773 (±$19,680) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Y-O Ranch?
0.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Y-O Ranch?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Y-O Ranch work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheatland (23%, 2 mi), Laramie (9%, 61 mi), Casper (7%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Y-O Ranch 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 Y-O Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Y-O Ranch
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.