Work & commute · Payson

Work & commute in Payson, UT

Most working residents leave Payson for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Provo (12%), Spanish Fork (9%) and Orem (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,473 of 11,152 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,679 Payson residents head out of town to work, 1,473 work right here, and 5,099 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Payson.

9,679live here, work elsewhere

1,473live and work here

5,099work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Payson goes to work

Payson (in town)right here

13%1,473

Provo15.3 mi away

12%1,321

Spanish Fork7.4 mi away

9%1,038

Orem18.2 mi away

8%874

Salt Lake City52 mi away

7%753

Springville10.9 mi away

6%717

Lehi27.2 mi away

3%379

American Fork23.8 mi away

2%267

Salem4 mi away

2%265

West Valley City47.3 mi away

2%230

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%3,835

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

How far

How far Payson commutes

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

29%

34%

24%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Payson is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Payson are

6,572 jobs are based in Payson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Payson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Payson

6,572 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Payson residents hold

11,152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+39%

Jobs based in Payson, 2013 → 2023: 4,737 → 6,572. 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.