Work & commute · Erda

Work & commute in Erda, UT

Most working residents leave Erda for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (22%), Tooele (11%) and West Valley City (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,685 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,664 Erda residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 597 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Erda.

1,664live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

597work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Erda goes to work

Salt Lake City22.8 mi away

22%367

Tooele5.4 mi away

11%193

West Valley City16.3 mi away

7%120

Grantsville8.4 mi away

4%75

West Jordan16.2 mi away

3%56

South Salt Lake22.3 mi away

3%52

Sandy24.3 mi away

3%45

Murray22.3 mi away

3%43

Stansbury Park1 mi away

2%36

Millcreek25.6 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%665

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

How far

How far Erda commutes

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

22%

47%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Erda is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Erda are

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

Jobs based in Erda

618 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Erda residents hold

1,685 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+68%

Jobs based in Erda, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 618. 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.