Work & commute · Brighton

Work & commute in Brighton, UT

Most working residents leave Brighton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (22%), Sandy (12%) and Cottonwood Heights (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 218 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 204 Brighton residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 1,206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brighton.

204live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

1,206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brighton goes to work

Salt Lake City20.4 mi away

22%49

Sandy13.2 mi away

12%26

Cottonwood Heights11.1 mi away

7%16

Brighton (in town)right here

6%14

West Valley City22.1 mi away

4%9

Holladay12 mi away

4%8

South Jordan20.7 mi away

3%7

Murray15.1 mi away

3%6

Lehi19.4 mi away

3%6

South Salt Lake16.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%72

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

How far

How far Brighton commutes

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

17%

75%

17%Under 10 mi

75%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brighton is a job hub

5.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brighton are

1,220 jobs are based in Brighton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brighton

1,220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less56%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Brighton residents hold

218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+244%

Jobs based in Brighton, 2013 → 2023: 355 → 1,220. 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.