Gillette

City Commute Profile

Gillette, WY

Where Gillette’s 17,433 resident workers go each day — 55.7% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Casper.

WyomingLODES 2023 data
77
Commute Score

77 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Gillette at a glance
Employed Residents
17,433
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
44.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
55.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
3.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Casper
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Gillette proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Gillette commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Gillette

17,433 commutes, one dot at a time

Gillette

Where 17,433 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Gillette, by worker count.

1Gillette0.0 mi9,714
2Casper108.0 mi489
3Cheyenne219.3 mi305
4Sheridan80.6 mi279
5Wright36.5 mi117
6Rapid City113.6 mi88
7Laramie204.9 mi84
8Rock Springs265.0 mi79

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Gillette.

1Gillette0.0 mi9,714
2Sleepy Hollow4.7 mi380
3Casper108.0 mi327
4Sheridan80.6 mi310
5Cheyenne219.3 mi227
6Wright36.5 mi96
7Buffalo59.9 mi86
8Laramie204.9 mi83

Top industries

The sectors that employ Gillette’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services12.7%
RTRetail Trade12.4%
EDEducational Services9.2%
MNMining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction8.7%
WSWholesale Trade7.4%
PAPublic Administration7.1%
COConstruction5.8%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.2%

Gillette city profile

Who lives in Gillette — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
33,431
Median age
34.2yrs
Median household income
$81,316
Median home value
$264,500
Median gross rent
$976/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
24.8%
Poverty rate
9.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Gillette

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps26%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Gillette

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