Work & commute · Draper

Work & commute in Draper, UT

Most working residents leave Draper for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (18%), Sandy (9%) and Lehi (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

3,130 of 23,093 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,963 Draper residents head out of town to work, 3,130 work right here, and 43,337 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Draper.

19,963live here, work elsewhere

3,130live and work here

43,337work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Draper goes to work

Salt Lake City19.5 mi away

18%4,166

Draper (in town)right here

14%3,130

Sandy5.2 mi away

9%2,054

Lehi5.5 mi away

5%1,267

Murray10.7 mi away

4%1,021

South Jordan7.8 mi away

4%1,001

West Valley City15.3 mi away

4%993

West Jordan10.2 mi away

3%725

Cottonwood Heights8.5 mi away

3%621

Midvale8.3 mi away

3%586

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%7,529

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

How far

How far Draper commutes

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

48%

43%

48%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Draper is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Draper are

46,467 jobs are based in Draper. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Draper’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Draper

46,467 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Draper residents hold

23,093 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+104%

Jobs based in Draper, 2013 → 2023: 22,797 → 46,467. 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.