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Work & commute in Samak · A commuter town

100% of Samak’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Samak for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Park City (10%), West Valley City (10%) and Kamas (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 39 working residents
Typical commute
34 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
0%
Less than UT (18%)
Jobs based here
5
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Samak?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

10% of working residents work in Park City

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Kamas: 3 residents work here (8%)FrancisRiverdale: 1 residents work here (3%)Midvale: 1 residents work here (3%)Oakley: 3 residents work here (8%)South Salt Lake: 1 residents work here (3%)Park City: 4 residents work here (10%)West Valley City: 4 residents work here (10%)LehiOgdenSalt Lake City: 3 residents work here (8%)Rock Springs: 2 residents work here (5%)SamakMarion: 2 residents work here (5%)Park CityWest Valley CityKamasOakleySalt Lake CityRock SpringsSamak
1
Park City13.3 mi away
10%4
2
West Valley City40.5 mi away
10%4
3
Kamas1.9 mi away
8%3
4
Oakley7.2 mi away
8%3
5
Salt Lake City37.1 mi away
8%3
6
Rock Springs, WY124.2 mi away
5%2
7
Marion3.5 mi away
5%2
8
Riverdale54.2 mi away
3%1
9
Midvale34.2 mi away
3%1
10
South Salt Lake34.8 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%15
The top trips

Where Samak clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Samak quiets down on a workday

On a workday 39 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

39live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night29
Workday0
29live here− 39head out to work+ 5come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Samak on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Samak commutes less than 34 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPark City: 10% · 13.3 miWest Valley City: 10% · 40.5 miKamas: 8% · 1.9 miOakley: 8% · 7.2 miSalt Lake City: 8% · 37.1 miRock Springs: 5% · 124.2 miMarion: 5% · 3.5 miRiverdale: 3% · 54.2 miMidvale: 3% · 34.2 miSouth Salt Lake: 3% · 34.8 miPark City 10%Kamas 8%Oakley 8%Salt Lake City 8%Samak
SamakTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi10 residents
18%10–24 mi7 residents
44%25–50 mi17 residents
13%Over 50 mi5 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Samak makes things: 80% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in SamakJobs Samak residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms80%21%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices20%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month80%44%
Over $3,333 a month20%44%

Who does it

29 or younger0%23%
30 to 5480%64%
55 and older20%13%
+25%

Jobs based in Samak, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 5. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Samak

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
0%

of Samak workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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