Work & commute · St. George

Work & commute in St. George, UT

64% of St. George’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Washington (6%), Hurricane (4%) and Salt Lake City (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64%

25,546 of 39,783 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,237 St. George residents head out of town to work, 25,546 work right here, and 31,118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. George.

14,237live here, work elsewhere

25,546live and work here

31,118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. George goes to work

St. George (in town)right here

64%25,546

Washington6 mi away

6%2,428

Hurricane13 mi away

4%1,545

Salt Lake City270.5 mi away

3%1,091

Cedar City49.6 mi away

3%1,030

Ivins8.8 mi away

1%569

Santa Clara5.8 mi away

1%553

Provo242.4 mi away

1%395

West Valley City263.3 mi away

1%321

Mesquite, NV35.5 mi away

1%232

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%6,073

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

How far

How far St. George commutes

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

74%

18%

74%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. George is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. George are

56,664 jobs are based in St. George. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. George’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. George

56,664 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs St. George residents hold

39,783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+62%

Jobs based in St. George, 2013 → 2023: 34,877 → 56,664. 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.