Work & commute · Santa Clara

Work & commute in Santa Clara, UT

Most working residents leave Santa Clara for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. George (60%), Washington (5%) and Ivins (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

230 of 3,374 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,144 Santa Clara residents head out of town to work, 230 work right here, and 1,286 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Clara.

3,144live here, work elsewhere

230live and work here

1,286work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Clara goes to work

St. George5.8 mi away

60%2,040

Santa Clara (in town)right here

7%230

Washington9.3 mi away

5%158

Ivins3.2 mi away

4%145

Hurricane16.4 mi away

3%99

Salt Lake City268.4 mi away

3%86

Cedar City49 mi away

2%79

Mesquite, NV34.1 mi away

1%29

Provo240.9 mi away

1%27

West Valley City261.2 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%455

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

How far

How far Santa Clara commutes

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

76%

16%

76%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Clara is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Clara are

1,516 jobs are based in Santa Clara. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Santa Clara’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Santa Clara

1,516 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Santa Clara residents hold

3,374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+136%

Jobs based in Santa Clara, 2013 → 2023: 643 → 1,516. 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.