Work & commute · Orem

Work & commute in Orem, UT

About one in 5 of Orem’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Provo (17%), Lehi (7%) and Salt Lake City (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

8,706 of 42,066 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 33,360 Orem residents head out of town to work, 8,706 work right here, and 36,894 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orem.

33,360live here, work elsewhere

8,706live and work here

36,894work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orem goes to work

Orem (in town)right here

21%8,706

Provo4.6 mi away

17%7,021

Lehi12.2 mi away

7%3,013

Salt Lake City35.1 mi away

6%2,639

American Fork7.5 mi away

5%2,276

Lindon3.2 mi away

5%2,001

Pleasant Grove5.5 mi away

4%1,611

Draper16.3 mi away

3%1,237

Springville10.2 mi away

2%1,035

Sandy20.5 mi away

2%848

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%11,679

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

How far

How far Orem commutes

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

56%

22%

15%

56%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orem is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Orem are

45,600 jobs are based in Orem. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orem’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Orem

45,600 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Orem residents hold

42,066 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+14%

Jobs based in Orem, 2013 → 2023: 39,995 → 45,600. 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.