Work & commute · Pleasant Grove

Work & commute in Pleasant Grove, UT

Most working residents leave Pleasant Grove for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Orem (12%), Provo (11%) and Lehi (10%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,749 of 16,733 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,984 Pleasant Grove residents head out of town to work, 1,749 work right here, and 12,809 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Grove.

14,984live here, work elsewhere

1,749live and work here

12,809work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Grove goes to work

Orem5.5 mi away

12%1,947

Provo10.1 mi away

11%1,870

Pleasant Grove (in town)right here

10%1,749

Lehi7.5 mi away

10%1,634

American Fork2.9 mi away

9%1,475

Salt Lake City29.6 mi away

6%1,067

Lindon2.4 mi away

6%942

Draper10.8 mi away

4%601

Sandy15 mi away

2%318

Springville15.7 mi away

2%298

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%4,832

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

How far

How far Pleasant Grove commutes

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

58%

25%

10%

58%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant Grove are

14,558 jobs are based in Pleasant Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pleasant Grove

14,558 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Pleasant Grove residents hold

16,733 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+151%

Jobs based in Pleasant Grove, 2013 → 2023: 5,790 → 14,558. 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.