Housing your workforce, solved fast — and not a man camp.
Cocoon Homes is a Utah-based manufacturer of modular workforce housing for projects across the western US and nationwide — residential-grade homes built at about 20 units a month, scaling in 20-unit blocks, and set up in about two hours per unit once they reach a prepared site.
Residential-grade homes, delivered ready and sited as a neighborhood. Housing local communities can actually get behind — it serves your crews through the build, and can leave lasting housing infrastructure behind after you're gone. Scale from a handful of beds to thousands.
A large workforce is coming. The housing isn't there.
Data centers, energy projects, and megaprojects land a workforce a rural market can't absorb. Get housing wrong and you stall the schedule, inflate local rents, and hand the opposition its loudest argument.
Per-month cost of delays when crews can't mobilize on schedule.
Workforce housing — and the "man camp" — is the issue that turns communities against a project.
Per-diem hotels and camps spend millions and leave nothing behind when the build ends.
Size your workforce housing
Pick a layout and your crew size to see units needed and an illustrative cost — to buy, or to run as per-diem housing. Real numbers, your inputs.
Your project
Illustrative estimates based on current base pricing and one worker per private bedroom. Site work (delivery, foundation or pads, utilities, permits) is additional and varies by site. Per-diem revenue shown is gross, before operating costs and occupancy. We'll build you a real, sited quote.
This is not a man camp.
The kind of housing you choose shapes how the community — and your timeline — react.
The classic man camp
- Dorm-style barracks that drive turnover
- Fuels community backlash and NIMBY fights
- Out-of-state operator captures the dollars
- Strains local services, then leaves nothing
- Removed at the end — zero lasting value
Cocoon residential housing
- Private, residential-grade homes that retain talent
- Reads as a neighborhood — communities can get behind it
- Local rents and value stay in the community
- Integrates workers, supports local business
- Can leave lasting housing infrastructure after you leave
Residential feel. Mobile-home flexibility.
Built like a home, delivered like infrastructure — the upside of both, the downside of neither.
Real homes
Residential-built, with the feel and appeal that attracts and keeps quality workers.
Built to adapt
On wheels — so units site flexibly on the ground and keep the adaptability of mobile housing.
Scales fast
From 10 to 5,000 workers, deployed ahead of labor peaks so housing never stalls the build.
A lasting benefit
Redeploy to the next project, or leave it as housing infrastructure the community benefits from. Never just a sunk cost.
Who we build workforce housing for
Cocoon Homes builds workforce housing for projects that bring a crew to places the local housing market can't absorb.
Data center and energy construction crews
Cocoon units deploy ahead of the labor peak on data center and energy builds, sized to your crew with the project estimator.
Mining and resource projects
Private homes for mine and resource crews on rural sites where local rentals can't absorb the workforce.
Resort and seasonal staff housing
Private units that help resorts recruit and keep seasonal staff, instead of shared dorms that drive turnover.
Employer and municipal starter housing
Starter homes for employers and towns that stay behind as attainable housing after the project ends.
Workforce housing specs
What Cocoon Homes builds, how fast it builds it, and how it lands on your site.
| Spec | Cocoon |
|---|---|
| Production capacity | About 20 units per month, adding capacity in 20-unit-per-month blocks |
| Contract size | 10 to 1,000+ units on a single contract, housing 10 to 5,000 workers |
| On-site setup | About 2 hours per unit on arrival, once the site is prepped |
| Site prep | Utilities and pads run in parallel with production |
| Per-worker layout | Private bedroom, bathroom with shower, kitchenette and storage |
| Doors per unit | 1 to 4 private homes on one trailer (studio or one-bedroom) — up to 4 separate doors and 4 beds per unit |
| Widths | Under 8'6", 10', 12', or 14'6"; up to 53' × 14'6" (about 770 sq ft) |
| Heating & cooling | All-electric, Mitsubishi Hyper-Heat mini splits, no gas |
| Compliance | Built to project fire/safety requirements; ADA-accessible units available when the project requires them |
| Volume pricing | 5–7% off overall build cost on orders of 10+ units |
| Buy or per-diem | Own the units, or run them as per-diem housing (see the estimator) |
| End of project | Redeploy to the next site or leave as permanent community housing |
| Service area | All 50 US states; most projects to date in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Arizona and Oregon (full list below) |
Where Cocoon delivers workforce housing
Cocoon Homes is based in Utah and delivers modular workforce housing anywhere in the United States. Most of our projects so far have been in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Arizona and Oregon.
West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.
Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.
Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.
Workforce housing questions
Who manufactures modular workforce housing in the western US?
Cocoon Homes, a Utah-based manufacturer, builds residential-grade modular workforce housing for projects across the western US and nationwide — about 20 units a month, 10 to 1,000+ units per contract, each set up in about two hours on a prepared site. Unlike man camps, each worker gets a private bedroom, bathroom and kitchenette.
Where does Cocoon deliver workforce housing?
Cocoon Homes delivers modular workforce housing to all 50 US states. Most projects so far have been in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Arizona and Oregon.
How fast can Cocoon deliver workforce housing?
Cocoon builds about 20 units a month and can add 20-unit blocks of capacity for large projects. Site prep runs in parallel, and each unit sets up in about two hours once it reaches a prepared site.
Can workforce units be moved to the next project?
Yes. Units are built on trailers, so they can be redeployed when the build ends or left in place as permanent community housing.
Is it cheaper to buy workforce housing or pay per-diem?
Use the project estimator on this page to compare both for your crew size and layout: the Buy view shows the total to own and roughly how long it takes to pay for itself against per-diem rates, and the Per-diem view shows what the same beds run at a nightly rate. Owned units stay a redeployable asset after the build, while per-diem spend is gone when the project ends.
Do you offer volume pricing?
Yes — orders of 10 or more units typically receive 5–7% off overall build cost, from vendor savings passed through.
Let's size the housing for your build.
Tell us the project, the workforce, and the timeline. We'll come back with a real, sited quote and a plan to deploy ahead of your labor peak.
Cocoon Homes · Utah · 801-919-9666