Work & commute · Amalga

Work & commute in Amalga, UT

Most working residents leave Amalga for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Logan (18%), Salt Lake City (8%) and Smithfield (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 216 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 210 Amalga residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amalga.

210live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amalga goes to work

Logan8.5 mi away

18%39

Salt Lake City74.7 mi away

8%17

Smithfield3.9 mi away

6%14

Brigham City25.5 mi away

5%10

North Logan7.3 mi away

4%9

Richmond6.5 mi away

4%8

Hyde Park5.9 mi away

3%7

Murray83.3 mi away

3%7

Ogden43.5 mi away

3%7

Amalga (in town)right here

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%92

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

How far

How far Amalga commutes

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

39%

18%

11%

33%

39%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amalga is a job hub

2.46jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Amalga are

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

Jobs based in Amalga

532 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Amalga residents hold

216 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+47%

Jobs based in Amalga, 2013 → 2023: 361 → 532. 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.