Work & commute · Ferron

Work & commute in Ferron, UT

Most working residents leave Ferron for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Green River (20%), Castle Dale (10%) and Salt Lake City (5%). Half commute less than 53 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 480 working residents

Typical commute

53 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 440 Ferron residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ferron.

440live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ferron goes to work

Green River52.2 mi away

20%94

Castle Dale10.8 mi away

10%50

Ferron (in town)right here

8%40

Salt Lake City123.7 mi away

5%24

Price39.6 mi away

4%21

Huntington18.8 mi away

4%18

Moab92.6 mi away

2%9

Orangeville10.4 mi away

1%7

Nephi56.5 mi away

1%7

Provo84.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%203

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

How far

How far Ferron commutes

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

12%

19%

11%

57%

12%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ferron is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ferron are

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

Jobs based in Ferron

185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Ferron residents hold

480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−5%

Jobs based in Ferron, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 185. 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.