Work & commute · Flaming Gorge

Work & commute in Flaming Gorge, UT

Most working residents leave Flaming Gorge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Manila (21%), Dutch John (5%) and West Valley City (5%). Half commute less than 83 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 43 working residents

Typical commute

83 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 42 Flaming Gorge residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flaming Gorge.

42live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flaming Gorge goes to work

Manila14.6 mi away

21%9

Dutch John4.6 mi away

5%2

West Valley City133.4 mi away

5%2

Lehi129.7 mi away

5%2

Salt Lake City128.4 mi away

5%2

Green River, WY43.1 mi away

5%2

Purple Sage, WY46.5 mi away

5%2

Scottsdale, AZ514.7 mi away

2%1

Grand Junction, CO133.3 mi away

2%1

Vernal30.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%19

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

How far

How far Flaming Gorge commutes

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

22%

15%

56%

7%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

56%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flaming Gorge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Flaming Gorge are

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

Jobs based in Flaming Gorge

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Flaming Gorge residents hold

43 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+88%

Jobs based in Flaming Gorge, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 62. 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.