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Work & commute · Escalante

Work & commute in Escalante, UT

Most working residents leave Escalante for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Bryce Canyon City (20%), Tropic (7%) and Cannonville (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
12%
32 of 274 working residents
Typical commute
31 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
7 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 242 Escalante residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Escalante.

242live here, work elsewhere
32live and work here
194work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Escalante goes to work

HenrievillePanguitchBryce Canyon CityEscalanteCannonvilleTropicAntimonyBoulderCedar CitySt. GeorgeSalt Lake CityBryce Canyon CityTropicCannonvilleCedar CityHenrievillePanguitchBoulderSt. GeorgeSalt Lake CityEscalante
1
Bryce Canyon City31.3 mi away
20%55
2
Escalante (in town)right here
12%32
3
Tropic28.3 mi away
7%18
4
Cannonville28.8 mi away
6%17
5
Cedar City82.1 mi away
5%14
6
Henrieville26 mi away
4%10
7
Panguitch45.9 mi away
4%10
8
Boulder14.3 mi away
4%10
9
St. George118.5 mi away
4%10
10
Salt Lake City208.9 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%92

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

How far

How far Escalante commutes

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

16%Under 10 mi
4%10–24 mi
45%25–50 mi
35%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Escalante is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Escalante are

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

Jobs based in Escalante

226 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Escalante residents hold

274 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month42%
−23%

Jobs based in Escalante, 2013 → 2023: 294 → 226. 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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