Work & commute · Layton

Work & commute in Layton, UT

Most working residents leave Layton for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (17%), Ogden (10%) and Clearfield (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

5,164 of 35,744 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,580 Layton residents head out of town to work, 5,164 work right here, and 23,407 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Layton.

30,580live here, work elsewhere

5,164live and work here

23,407work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Layton goes to work

Salt Lake City20.9 mi away

17%6,054

Layton (in town)right here

14%5,164

Ogden10.4 mi away

10%3,493

Clearfield3.3 mi away

6%2,202

Kaysville3.4 mi away

4%1,391

Farmington7 mi away

3%1,231

West Valley City27 mi away

3%1,075

Bountiful15.1 mi away

2%798

North Salt Lake16.1 mi away

2%747

Roy7.9 mi away

2%686

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%12,903

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

How far

How far Layton commutes

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

44%

32%

18%

44%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Layton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Layton are

28,571 jobs are based in Layton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Layton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Layton

28,571 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Layton residents hold

35,744 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+32%

Jobs based in Layton, 2013 → 2023: 21,690 → 28,571. 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.