Work & commute · Midvale

Work & commute in Midvale, UT

Most working residents leave Midvale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (26%), Sandy (7%) and West Valley City (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

912 of 17,949 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,037 Midvale residents head out of town to work, 912 work right here, and 20,540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Midvale.

17,037live here, work elsewhere

912live and work here

20,540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Midvale goes to work

Salt Lake City11.2 mi away

26%4,674

Sandy3.7 mi away

7%1,345

West Valley City8.1 mi away

6%1,139

Murray2.5 mi away

6%1,060

Draper8.3 mi away

6%991

Midvale (in town)right here

5%912

West Jordan5.7 mi away

5%833

South Jordan6.7 mi away

4%751

South Salt Lake6.3 mi away

4%664

Millcreek6.1 mi away

3%577

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%5,003

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

How far

How far Midvale commutes

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

65%

27%

65%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Midvale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Midvale are

21,452 jobs are based in Midvale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Midvale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Midvale

21,452 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Midvale residents hold

17,949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+57%

Jobs based in Midvale, 2013 → 2023: 13,622 → 21,452. 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.