Work & commute · Ephraim

Work & commute in Ephraim, UT

About one in 3 of Ephraim’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Manti (5%), Gunnison (4%) and Provo (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

713 of 2,343 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,630 Ephraim residents head out of town to work, 713 work right here, and 1,418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ephraim.

1,630live here, work elsewhere

713live and work here

1,418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ephraim goes to work

Ephraim (in town)right here

30%713

Manti6.9 mi away

5%123

Gunnison18.5 mi away

4%105

Provo61.3 mi away

4%84

Moroni11.6 mi away

4%83

Mount Pleasant14.3 mi away

3%63

Salt Lake City99.5 mi away

3%63

Orem65.2 mi away

2%50

Draper80 mi away

2%44

Richfield49.4 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%974

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

How far

How far Ephraim commutes

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

38%

16%

39%

38%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ephraim is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ephraim are

2,131 jobs are based in Ephraim. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ephraim’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ephraim

2,131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ephraim residents hold

2,343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+24%

Jobs based in Ephraim, 2013 → 2023: 1,723 → 2,131. 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.