Work & commute · Big Water

Work & commute in Big Water, UT

Most working residents leave Big Water for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Orderville (17%), Page (14%) and Kanab (7%). Half commute less than 56 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 159 working residents

Typical commute

56 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 Big Water residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Water.

157live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

90work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Water goes to work

Orderville56.2 mi away

17%27

Page, AZ12.2 mi away

14%23

Kanab46.7 mi away

7%11

St. George105.6 mi away

7%11

Cedar City89.4 mi away

6%10

Glendale54.9 mi away

4%6

Salt Lake City256.2 mi away

4%6

Fredonia, AZ47.8 mi away

3%5

Big Water (in town)right here

1%2

American Fork228.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%56

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

How far

How far Big Water commutes

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

15%

14%

67%

4%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

67%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Water is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Water are

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

Jobs based in Big Water

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Big Water residents hold

159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+136%

Jobs based in Big Water, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 92. 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.