Work & commute · Parowan

Work & commute in Parowan, UT

Most working residents leave Parowan for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar City (27%), St. George (7%) and Brian Head (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

124 of 758 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 634 Parowan residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 544 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parowan.

634live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

544work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parowan goes to work

Cedar City17.8 mi away

27%201

Parowan (in town)right here

16%124

St. George66.3 mi away

7%53

Brian Head8.7 mi away

5%41

Salt Lake City209 mi away

3%24

Provo178.4 mi away

2%12

West Valley City202.1 mi away

1%11

South Salt Lake204.7 mi away

1%10

Hurricane55.5 mi away

1%9

Murray201.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%265

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

How far

How far Parowan commutes

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

22%

33%

41%

22%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parowan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Parowan are

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

Jobs based in Parowan

668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Parowan residents hold

758 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+99%

Jobs based in Parowan, 2013 → 2023: 335 → 668. 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.