Work & commute · Portage

Work & commute in Portage, UT

Most working residents leave Portage for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tremonton (14%), Ogden (10%) and Salt Lake City (10%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 126 Portage residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Portage.

126live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Portage goes to work

Tremonton18 mi away

14%18

Ogden53.5 mi away

10%13

Salt Lake City84.5 mi away

10%13

Brigham City33.9 mi away

6%8

Logan26.2 mi away

3%4

Murray93.4 mi away

2%3

South Jordan99 mi away

2%3

Thatcher20.7 mi away

2%3

Snowville24.4 mi away

2%2

Corinne29.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%57

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

How far

How far Portage commutes

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

26%

18%

50%

6%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Portage is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Portage are

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

Jobs based in Portage

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less54%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Portage residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+117%

Jobs based in Portage, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 13. 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.