Work & commute · Syracuse

Work & commute in Syracuse, UT

Most working residents leave Syracuse for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (15%), Layton (12%) and Ogden (11%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

787 of 15,247 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,460 Syracuse residents head out of town to work, 787 work right here, and 3,984 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Syracuse.

14,460live here, work elsewhere

787live and work here

3,984work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Syracuse goes to work

Salt Lake City22.7 mi away

15%2,307

Layton5.8 mi away

12%1,842

Ogden11.3 mi away

11%1,621

Clearfield2.9 mi away

7%1,133

Syracuse (in town)right here

5%787

Farmington11.1 mi away

4%539

Kaysville7.6 mi away

4%538

West Valley City27.6 mi away

3%414

Roy6.1 mi away

2%360

North Salt Lake18.3 mi away

2%266

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%5,440

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

How far

How far Syracuse commutes

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

44%

29%

21%

44%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Syracuse is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Syracuse are

4,771 jobs are based in Syracuse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Syracuse’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Syracuse

4,771 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Syracuse residents hold

15,247 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+79%

Jobs based in Syracuse, 2013 → 2023: 2,668 → 4,771. 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.