Work & commute · Spanish Fork

Work & commute in Spanish Fork, UT

Most working residents leave Spanish Fork for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Provo (15%), Orem (9%) and Springville (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

3,343 of 22,500 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 19,157 Spanish Fork residents head out of town to work, 3,343 work right here, and 11,757 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spanish Fork.

19,157live here, work elsewhere

3,343live and work here

11,757work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spanish Fork goes to work

Provo9.1 mi away

15%3,391

Spanish Fork (in town)right here

15%3,343

Orem13.1 mi away

9%2,041

Springville3.7 mi away

7%1,676

Salt Lake City48.1 mi away

7%1,490

Lehi24.2 mi away

4%911

Payson7.4 mi away

3%728

American Fork20 mi away

3%627

Draper29 mi away

2%523

Lindon16.3 mi away

2%487

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%7,283

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

How far

How far Spanish Fork commutes

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

37%

28%

27%

37%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spanish Fork is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spanish Fork are

15,100 jobs are based in Spanish Fork. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spanish Fork’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spanish Fork

15,100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Spanish Fork residents hold

22,500 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+69%

Jobs based in Spanish Fork, 2013 → 2023: 8,931 → 15,100. 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.