Work & commute · East Carbon

Work & commute in East Carbon, UT

Most working residents leave East Carbon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Price (27%), Salt Lake City (6%) and Provo (3%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 659 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 649 East Carbon residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Carbon.

649live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Carbon goes to work

Price20.4 mi away

27%177

Salt Lake City116.7 mi away

6%41

Provo81.1 mi away

3%21

Wellington16.2 mi away

3%19

Green River39.8 mi away

2%15

Draper101 mi away

2%12

Helper25.3 mi away

2%11

East Carbon (in town)right here

2%10

Vernal79.1 mi away

1%9

Springville76.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%335

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

How far

How far East Carbon commutes

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

40%

12%

47%

2%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Carbon is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Carbon are

182 jobs are based in East Carbon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Carbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Carbon

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs East Carbon residents hold

659 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+102%

Jobs based in East Carbon, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 182. 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.