Work & commute · Farr West

Work & commute in Farr West, UT

Most working residents leave Farr West for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ogden (25%), Salt Lake City (10%) and Layton (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

216 of 3,784 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,568 Farr West residents head out of town to work, 216 work right here, and 3,455 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farr West.

3,568live here, work elsewhere

216live and work here

3,455work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farr West goes to work

Ogden6 mi away

25%934

Salt Lake City36.8 mi away

10%393

Farr West (in town)right here

6%216

Layton15.9 mi away

4%151

Pleasant View2.3 mi away

4%139

Roy9 mi away

3%124

North Ogden3.9 mi away

3%116

Clearfield14.2 mi away

3%109

Marriott-Slaterville2.7 mi away

2%89

South Ogden9.7 mi away

2%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,431

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

How far

How far Farr West commutes

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

49%

20%

23%

49%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farr West is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Farr West are

3,671 jobs are based in Farr West. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farr West’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farr West

3,671 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Farr West residents hold

3,784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+61%

Jobs based in Farr West, 2013 → 2023: 2,283 → 3,671. 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.