More than half of Yoder’s working residents commute to Torrington
Hardly any work in Yoder itself; outside it, Torrington draws the most (60%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 34% of workers, against 9% across Wyoming. A typical one-way commute from Yoder lasts 25 minutes (Wyoming 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Yoder, and who commutes in
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Yoder on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Yoder’s residents
Where Yoder clocks in
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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Yoder
1 jobs are based in Yoder.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yoder, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 1. 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 Yoder’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Yoder: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yoder workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 34% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Yoder
About 20% 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 Yoder: questions
What is the median household income in Yoder?
$48,750 (±$48,443) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yoder?
17.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yoder?
25 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yoder work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Yoder 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 Yoder, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yoder
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.