Work & commute · Provo

Work & commute in Provo, UT

About one in 3 of Provo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Orem (15%), Salt Lake City (6%) and Lehi (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

11,788 of 38,896 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,108 Provo residents head out of town to work, 11,788 work right here, and 46,657 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Provo.

27,108live here, work elsewhere

11,788live and work here

46,657work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Provo goes to work

Provo (in town)right here

30%11,788

Orem4.6 mi away

15%5,767

Salt Lake City39.5 mi away

6%2,253

Lehi16.8 mi away

5%1,841

Springville5.8 mi away

4%1,729

American Fork12.1 mi away

4%1,411

Spanish Fork9.1 mi away

3%1,232

Lindon7.7 mi away

3%1,139

Pleasant Grove10.1 mi away

3%1,079

Draper20.9 mi away

2%730

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%9,927

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

How far

How far Provo commutes

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

60%

16%

60%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Provo is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Provo are

58,445 jobs are based in Provo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Provo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Provo

58,445 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Provo residents hold

38,896 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+21%

Jobs based in Provo, 2013 → 2023: 48,197 → 58,445. 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.