Work & commute · Gunnison

Work & commute in Gunnison, UT

About one in 4 of Gunnison’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Centerfield (6%), Salt Lake City (6%) and Salina (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

232 of 922 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 690 Gunnison residents head out of town to work, 232 work right here, and 1,119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gunnison.

690live here, work elsewhere

232live and work here

1,119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gunnison goes to work

Gunnison (in town)right here

25%232

Centerfield2.1 mi away

6%59

Salt Lake City112 mi away

6%54

Salina15.3 mi away

4%36

Manti12.2 mi away

3%31

Ephraim18.5 mi away

3%29

Provo75.7 mi away

2%19

South Salt Lake107.1 mi away

2%16

American Fork84.4 mi away

2%15

West Valley City106.3 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%416

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

How far

How far Gunnison commutes

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

37%

13%

44%

37%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gunnison is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gunnison are

1,351 jobs are based in Gunnison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gunnison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gunnison

1,351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Gunnison residents hold

922 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+55%

Jobs based in Gunnison, 2013 → 2023: 874 → 1,351. 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.