Work & commute · Bluffdale

Work & commute in Bluffdale, UT

Most working residents leave Bluffdale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (17%), Draper (9%) and Sandy (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

495 of 9,132 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,637 Bluffdale residents head out of town to work, 495 work right here, and 5,348 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bluffdale.

8,637live here, work elsewhere

495live and work here

5,348work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bluffdale goes to work

Salt Lake City20.8 mi away

17%1,555

Draper4.4 mi away

9%864

Sandy8.3 mi away

7%652

Lehi5.4 mi away

7%596

South Jordan6.2 mi away

6%510

Bluffdale (in town)right here

5%495

West Jordan9.4 mi away

5%432

West Valley City15.2 mi away

5%422

Murray12.5 mi away

4%386

Riverton3.2 mi away

3%284

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,936

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

How far

How far Bluffdale commutes

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

46%

46%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bluffdale is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bluffdale are

5,843 jobs are based in Bluffdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bluffdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bluffdale

5,843 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Bluffdale residents hold

9,132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+99%

Jobs based in Bluffdale, 2013 → 2023: 2,933 → 5,843. 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.