Work & commute · Fort Duchesne

Work & commute in Fort Duchesne, UT

About one in 5 of Fort Duchesne’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Roosevelt (18%), Ballard (7%) and Vernal (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

16 of 72 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 56 Fort Duchesne residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Duchesne.

56live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Duchesne goes to work

Fort Duchesne (in town)right here

22%16

Roosevelt5.9 mi away

18%13

Ballard3.9 mi away

7%5

Vernal21.4 mi away

4%3

Price67.7 mi away

3%2

Salt Lake City112.9 mi away

3%2

Ridgway, CO185.6 mi away

1%1

Avon, CO183.4 mi away

1%1

Grand Junction, CO107.9 mi away

1%1

Myton11.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%27

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

How far

How far Fort Duchesne commutes

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

56%

14%

25%

56%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Duchesne is a job hub

5.44jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Duchesne are

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

Jobs based in Fort Duchesne

392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Fort Duchesne residents hold

72 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−20%

Jobs based in Fort Duchesne, 2013 → 2023: 487 → 392. 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.