Work & commute · Plain

Work & commute in Plain, UT

Most working residents leave Plain for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ogden (23%), Salt Lake City (9%) and Farr West (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

110 of 4,035 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,925 Plain residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 916 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plain.

3,925live here, work elsewhere

110live and work here

916work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plain goes to work

Ogden8.5 mi away

23%911

Salt Lake City37.7 mi away

9%360

Farr West3.3 mi away

5%195

Layton17.3 mi away

4%161

Clearfield15 mi away

4%144

Roy9.6 mi away

3%132

Pleasant View5 mi away

3%119

Plain City (in town)right here

3%110

West Haven7.1 mi away

3%107

North Ogden7 mi away

2%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,696

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

How far

How far Plain commutes

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

49%

21%

49%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plain 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 Plain are

1,026 jobs are based in Plain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plain

1,026 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Plain residents hold

4,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−2%

Jobs based in Plain, 2013 → 2023: 1,049 → 1,026. 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.