Work & commute · Kamas

Work & commute in Kamas, UT

Most working residents leave Kamas for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Park City (11%), Salt Lake City (10%) and Snyderville (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

171 of 1,016 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 845 Kamas residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 1,178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kamas.

845live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

1,178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kamas goes to work

Kamas (in town)right here

17%171

Park City11.6 mi away

11%116

Salt Lake City35.3 mi away

10%97

Snyderville14.6 mi away

4%43

Francis2.6 mi away

2%25

Sandy30.7 mi away

2%24

Oakley6.2 mi away

2%23

Heber9.6 mi away

2%20

Murray32.1 mi away

2%19

Provo34.1 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%461

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

How far

How far Kamas commutes

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

29%

24%

35%

12%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kamas is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kamas are

1,349 jobs are based in Kamas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kamas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kamas

1,349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Kamas residents hold

1,016 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+96%

Jobs based in Kamas, 2013 → 2023: 688 → 1,349. 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.