Work & commute · Central Valley

Work & commute in Central Valley, UT

Most working residents leave Central Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Richfield (46%), Monroe (4%) and St. George (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 299 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 296 Central Valley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Central Valley.

296live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Central Valley goes to work

Richfield4.3 mi away

46%139

Monroe5.4 mi away

4%11

St. George138.1 mi away

4%11

Cedar City88.7 mi away

2%6

Salina20.7 mi away

2%5

American Fork117.1 mi away

2%5

Spanish Fork100.6 mi away

2%5

Provo109.5 mi away

2%5

Sigurd13.6 mi away

1%4

Glenwood7.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%105

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

How far

How far Central Valley commutes

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

56%

34%

56%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Central Valley is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Central Valley are

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

Jobs based in Central Valley

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Central Valley residents hold

299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+19%

Jobs based in Central Valley, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 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.