Work & commute · La Verkin

Work & commute in La Verkin, UT

Most working residents leave La Verkin for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are St. George (29%), Hurricane (20%) and Springdale (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

173 of 1,978 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,805 La Verkin residents head out of town to work, 173 work right here, and 590 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Verkin.

1,805live here, work elsewhere

173live and work here

590work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Verkin goes to work

St. George20.9 mi away

29%564

Hurricane8.3 mi away

20%397

La Verkin (in town)right here

9%173

Springdale13.9 mi away

8%158

Washington14.9 mi away

7%131

Cedar City32.4 mi away

4%78

Virgin3.5 mi away

2%42

Hildale20.3 mi away

2%38

Salt Lake City254.9 mi away

2%30

Toquerville3.4 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%348

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

How far

How far La Verkin commutes

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

33%

48%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Verkin 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 La Verkin are

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

Jobs based in La Verkin

763 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs La Verkin residents hold

1,978 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+79%

Jobs based in La Verkin, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 763. 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.