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Work & commute · Elk Ridge

Work & commute in Elk Ridge, UT

Most working residents leave Elk Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Provo (16%), Spanish Fork (10%) and Orem (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
49 of 2,101 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
22%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,052 Elk Ridge residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Ridge.

2,052live here, work elsewhere
49live and work here
237work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elk Ridge goes to work

Woodland HillsElk RidgeAmerican ForkSantaquinSpringvillePaysonSalemSpanish ForkOremProvoLehiDraperSalt Lake CityProvoSpanish ForkOremSalt Lake CityPaysonSpringvilleSalemLehiAmerican ForkDraperElk Ridge
1
Provo16.3 mi away
16%327
2
Spanish Fork7.3 mi away
10%212
3
Orem19.9 mi away
7%151
4
Salt Lake City54.5 mi away
7%146
5
Payson3.7 mi away
7%137
6
Springville11.1 mi away
5%106
7
Salem3.2 mi away
4%74
8
Lehi29.9 mi away
3%71
9
American Fork26.1 mi away
3%57
10
Draper35 mi away
2%51
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%769

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

How far

How far Elk Ridge commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Ridge is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Ridge are

286 jobs are based in Elk Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elk Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elk Ridge

286 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities7%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Elk Ridge residents hold

2,101 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+78%

Jobs based in Elk Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 286. 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.

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