Work & commute · Magna

Work & commute in Magna, UT

Most working residents leave Magna for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (32%), West Valley City (13%) and South Salt Lake (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

548 of 14,562 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,014 Magna residents head out of town to work, 548 work right here, and 6,278 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Magna.

14,014live here, work elsewhere

548live and work here

6,278work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Magna goes to work

Salt Lake City13.9 mi away

32%4,704

West Valley City10.3 mi away

13%1,903

South Salt Lake15.6 mi away

5%735

West Jordan14.3 mi away

5%710

Magna (in town)right here

4%548

Murray17.4 mi away

4%519

Sandy21.8 mi away

3%497

Draper24.5 mi away

3%392

Millcreek19.4 mi away

3%376

South Jordan17.1 mi away

3%374

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%3,804

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

How far

How far Magna commutes

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

48%

42%

48%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Magna is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Magna are

6,826 jobs are based in Magna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Magna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Magna

6,826 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Magna residents hold

14,562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+134%

Jobs based in Magna, 2013 → 2023: 2,922 → 6,826. 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.