Work & commute · American Fork

Work & commute in American Fork, UT

Most working residents leave American Fork for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lehi (13%), Provo (10%) and Orem (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,929 of 15,276 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,347 American Fork residents head out of town to work, 1,929 work right here, and 22,659 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in American Fork.

13,347live here, work elsewhere

1,929live and work here

22,659work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where American Fork goes to work

Lehi4.8 mi away

13%1,968

American Fork (in town)right here

13%1,929

Provo12.1 mi away

10%1,525

Orem7.5 mi away

9%1,443

Salt Lake City28.3 mi away

7%1,001

Pleasant Grove2.9 mi away

5%801

Lindon4.8 mi away

5%773

Draper9 mi away

5%721

Sandy13.7 mi away

2%363

South Jordan16 mi away

2%295

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%4,457

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

How far

How far American Fork commutes

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

54%

31%

10%

54%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

American Fork is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in American Fork are

24,588 jobs are based in American Fork. Here is what they are, next to the jobs American Fork’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in American Fork

24,588 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs American Fork residents hold

15,276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+48%

Jobs based in American Fork, 2013 → 2023: 16,599 → 24,588. 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.