Work & commute · Cedar

Work & commute in Cedar, UT

51% of Cedar’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are St. George (10%), Provo (3%) and Salt Lake City (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

8,095 of 15,862 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 7,767 Cedar residents head out of town to work, 8,095 work right here, and 9,584 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar.

7,767live here, work elsewhere

8,095live and work here

9,584work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar goes to work

Cedar City (in town)right here

51%8,095

St. George49.6 mi away

10%1,642

Provo193.4 mi away

3%429

Salt Lake City222.6 mi away

2%385

Hurricane39.7 mi away

2%349

Enoch6.3 mi away

2%296

Washington44.1 mi away

2%251

Parowan17.8 mi away

1%179

Brian Head14.3 mi away

1%126

West Valley City215.6 mi away

1%115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%3,995

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

How far

How far Cedar commutes

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

56%

16%

24%

56%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar are

17,679 jobs are based in Cedar. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cedar’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cedar

17,679 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Cedar residents hold

15,862 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+54%

Jobs based in Cedar, 2013 → 2023: 11,444 → 17,679. 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.