Work & commute · River Heights

Work & commute in River Heights, UT

Most working residents leave River Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Logan (34%), North Logan (7%) and Providence (7%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 1,261 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,249 River Heights residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Heights.

1,249live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

276work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where River Heights goes to work

Logan1.7 mi away

34%434

North Logan3.7 mi away

7%88

Providence1.3 mi away

7%86

Salt Lake City65.7 mi away

6%78

Smithfield7.8 mi away

2%27

Nibley3.7 mi away

2%25

Hyrum6.3 mi away

2%25

Ogden35 mi away

2%22

Sandy79.5 mi away

2%21

Hyde Park5.5 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%436

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

How far

How far River Heights commutes

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

60%

26%

60%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

River Heights is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in River Heights are

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

Jobs based in River Heights

288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs River Heights residents hold

1,261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+64%

Jobs based in River Heights, 2013 → 2023: 176 → 288. 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.