Work & commute · Millcreek

Work & commute in Millcreek, UT

Most working residents leave Millcreek for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (37%), Murray (5%) and West Valley City (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,123 of 30,566 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,443 Millcreek residents head out of town to work, 2,123 work right here, and 22,800 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millcreek.

28,443live here, work elsewhere

2,123live and work here

22,800work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millcreek goes to work

Salt Lake City7.9 mi away

37%11,372

Millcreek (in town)right here

7%2,123

Murray4 mi away

5%1,624

West Valley City9.5 mi away

5%1,622

South Salt Lake3.8 mi away

4%1,324

Sandy8.2 mi away

4%1,279

Draper13.4 mi away

3%1,015

Cottonwood Heights5.3 mi away

3%782

Holladay2 mi away

2%756

South Jordan12.6 mi away

2%682

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%7,987

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

How far

How far Millcreek commutes

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

73%

19%

73%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millcreek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Millcreek are

24,923 jobs are based in Millcreek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millcreek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Millcreek

24,923 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Millcreek residents hold

30,566 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−40%

Jobs based in Millcreek, 2013 → 2023: 41,484 → 24,923. 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.