Work & commute · Elmo

Work & commute in Elmo, UT

Most working residents leave Elmo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Price (13%), Huntington (10%) and Salt Lake City (8%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 149 Elmo residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmo.

149live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmo goes to work

Price15 mi away

13%19

Huntington8.8 mi away

10%15

Salt Lake City112.5 mi away

8%12

Castle Dale15.9 mi away

4%6

Draper94.7 mi away

3%5

Cleveland3.4 mi away

3%4

Spanish Fork66.7 mi away

2%3

South Jordan101.9 mi away

2%3

Orem78.5 mi away

2%3

Green River44 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%78

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

How far

How far Elmo commutes

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

23%

24%

48%

23%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmo are

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

Jobs based in Elmo

127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Elmo residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+370%

Jobs based in Elmo, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 127. 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.