Work & commute · Paragonah

Work & commute in Paragonah, UT

Most working residents leave Paragonah for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar City (21%), Parowan (20%) and Brian Head (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 129 Paragonah residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paragonah.

129live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paragonah goes to work

Cedar City22.5 mi away

21%27

Parowan4.9 mi away

20%26

Brian Head12.9 mi away

8%10

St. George71.2 mi away

6%8

Salt Lake City204.7 mi away

5%6

Taylorsville196.5 mi away

2%3

Page, AZ94.9 mi away

2%2

Panguitch18.9 mi away

2%2

Price159.3 mi away

2%2

Richfield70.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%42

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

How far

How far Paragonah commutes

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

22%

32%

40%

22%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paragonah is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paragonah are

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

Jobs based in Paragonah

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less61%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Paragonah residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−56%

Jobs based in Paragonah, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 33. 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.