Work & commute · Beaver

Work & commute in Beaver, UT

51% of Beaver’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Cedar City (5%), Milford (4%) and St. George (4%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

537 of 1,043 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 506 Beaver residents head out of town to work, 537 work right here, and 1,001 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaver.

506live here, work elsewhere

537live and work here

1,001work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaver goes to work

Beaver (in town)right here

51%537

Cedar City47.9 mi away

5%53

Milford21.9 mi away

4%43

St. George97.4 mi away

4%37

Salt Lake City176.8 mi away

3%33

Provo146.1 mi away

1%15

Sandy164.1 mi away

1%14

West Valley City170 mi away

1%14

Minersville18.6 mi away

1%9

Fillmore50.2 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%280

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

How far

How far Beaver commutes

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

54%

29%

54%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaver is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaver are

1,538 jobs are based in Beaver. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beaver’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beaver

1,538 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Beaver residents hold

1,043 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+34%

Jobs based in Beaver, 2013 → 2023: 1,145 → 1,538. 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.