Work & commute · Providence

Work & commute in Providence, UT

Most working residents leave Providence for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Logan (31%), North Logan (7%) and Salt Lake City (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

283 of 4,085 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,802 Providence residents head out of town to work, 283 work right here, and 3,249 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Providence.

3,802live here, work elsewhere

283live and work here

3,249work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Providence goes to work

Logan2.9 mi away

31%1,274

North Logan5 mi away

7%284

Providence (in town)right here

7%283

Salt Lake City64.4 mi away

6%246

Ogden33.8 mi away

3%110

Nibley2.7 mi away

2%93

Hyrum5.2 mi away

2%93

Provo101.1 mi away

2%76

Brigham City18.4 mi away

1%60

West Valley City70.9 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,506

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

How far

How far Providence commutes

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

56%

28%

56%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Providence is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Providence are

3,532 jobs are based in Providence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Providence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Providence

3,532 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Providence residents hold

4,085 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+112%

Jobs based in Providence, 2013 → 2023: 1,667 → 3,532. 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.