Work & commute · Alta

Work & commute in Alta, UT

Most working residents leave Alta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (31%), Sandy (12%) and Brighton (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 102 Alta residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 379 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alta.

102live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

379work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alta goes to work

Salt Lake City20.6 mi away

31%32

Sandy11.9 mi away

12%12

Brighton2 mi away

9%9

Cottonwood Heights10.2 mi away

5%5

Midvale14.3 mi away

4%4

Murray14.5 mi away

4%4

South Salt Lake16.6 mi away

3%3

Holladay11.6 mi away

3%3

West Valley City21.6 mi away

3%3

Millcreek12.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%26

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alta commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

19%

78%

19%Under 10 mi

78%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alta is a job hub

3.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alta are

380 jobs are based in Alta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alta

380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Alta residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+262%

Jobs based in Alta, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 380. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.