Work & commute · Ballard

Work & commute in Ballard, UT

Most working residents leave Ballard for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Roosevelt (20%), Vernal (7%) and Salt Lake City (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 370 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 344 Ballard residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 546 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ballard.

344live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

546work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ballard goes to work

Roosevelt2.1 mi away

20%74

Ballard (in town)right here

7%26

Vernal24.2 mi away

7%25

Salt Lake City109 mi away

4%15

Fort Duchesne3.9 mi away

3%11

Lehi101.5 mi away

3%10

Draper101.7 mi away

2%8

Naples25.9 mi away

2%7

Heber77.6 mi away

1%5

Lapoint11 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%184

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

How far

How far Ballard commutes

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

42%

13%

10%

36%

42%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ballard is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ballard are

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

Jobs based in Ballard

572 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Ballard residents hold

370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−32%

Jobs based in Ballard, 2013 → 2023: 844 → 572. 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.