Work & commute · South Jordan

Work & commute in South Jordan, UT

Most working residents leave South Jordan for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (22%), West Jordan (7%) and Sandy (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

3,908 of 38,771 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34,863 South Jordan residents head out of town to work, 3,908 work right here, and 29,824 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Jordan.

34,863live here, work elsewhere

3,908live and work here

29,824work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Jordan goes to work

Salt Lake City15.6 mi away

22%8,381

South Jordan (in town)right here

10%3,908

West Jordan3.3 mi away

7%2,584

Sandy7.6 mi away

6%2,494

Draper7.8 mi away

6%2,433

West Valley City9.3 mi away

6%2,258

Murray8.6 mi away

5%1,758

Lehi11.5 mi away

4%1,420

South Salt Lake11.5 mi away

3%1,068

Midvale6.7 mi away

3%1,024

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%11,443

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

How far

How far South Jordan commutes

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

49%

42%

49%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Jordan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Jordan are

33,732 jobs are based in South Jordan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Jordan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Jordan

33,732 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs South Jordan residents hold

38,771 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+76%

Jobs based in South Jordan, 2013 → 2023: 19,206 → 33,732. 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.