Work & commute · Riverdale

Work & commute in Riverdale, UT

Most working residents leave Riverdale for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ogden (25%), Salt Lake City (10%) and Layton (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

246 of 4,206 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,960 Riverdale residents head out of town to work, 246 work right here, and 7,316 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverdale.

3,960live here, work elsewhere

246live and work here

7,316work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverdale goes to work

Ogden4.2 mi away

25%1,069

Salt Lake City27.8 mi away

10%440

Riverdale (in town)right here

6%246

Layton7 mi away

6%244

Clearfield5.3 mi away

5%214

Roy2.4 mi away

4%159

South Ogden2.3 mi away

3%132

West Haven3.6 mi away

2%80

Washington Terrace1.3 mi away

2%73

West Valley City33.5 mi away

2%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,477

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

How far

How far Riverdale commutes

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

63%

23%

63%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverdale is a job hub

1.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverdale are

7,562 jobs are based in Riverdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riverdale

7,562 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Riverdale residents hold

4,206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+29%

Jobs based in Riverdale, 2013 → 2023: 5,865 → 7,562. 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.