Work & commute · North Salt Lake

Work & commute in North Salt Lake, UT

Most working residents leave North Salt Lake for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (36%), Bountiful (6%) and West Valley City (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
751 of 10,087 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,336 North Salt Lake residents head out of town to work, 751 work right here, and 14,155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Salt Lake.

9,336live here, work elsewhere
751live and work here
14,155work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where North Salt Lake goes to work

Woods CrossSouth Salt LakeNorth Salt LakeFarmingtonTaylorsvilleKaysvilleBountifulMurrayLaytonWest Valley CityWest JordanOgdenSalt Lake CitySalt Lake CityBountifulWest Valley CityWoods CrossSouth Salt LakeMurrayLaytonOgdenFarmingtonNorth Salt Lake
136%3,613
2
North Salt Lake (in town)right here
7%751
3
Bountiful3.5 mi away
6%593
46%563
5
Woods Cross1.8 mi away
3%275
6
South Salt Lake9.8 mi away
3%275
7
Murray13.7 mi away
3%255
8
Layton16.1 mi away
2%246
9
Ogden26.5 mi away
2%243
10
Farmington9.5 mi away
2%239
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%3,034

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

How far

How far North Salt Lake commutes

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

60%Under 10 mi
28%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
4%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

North Salt Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Salt Lake are

14,906 jobs are based in North Salt Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Salt Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Salt Lake

14,906 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities31%
Services (health, schools, offices…)34%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs North Salt Lake residents hold

10,087 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+46%

Jobs based in North Salt Lake, 2013 → 2023: 10,223 → 14,906. 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.

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