Work & commute · Tropic

Work & commute in Tropic, UT

Most working residents leave Tropic for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Bryce Canyon City (16%), Escalante (14%) and Panguitch (8%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

19 of 189 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 170 Tropic residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tropic.

170live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tropic goes to work

Bryce Canyon City5.3 mi away

16%31

Escalante28.3 mi away

14%27

Tropic (in town)right here

10%19

Panguitch23 mi away

8%16

Cannonville5.7 mi away

5%9

Boulder41 mi away

5%9

Cedar City55.2 mi away

3%6

Salt Lake City217.3 mi away

3%6

St. George90.3 mi away

3%5

Henrieville6.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%58

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

How far

How far Tropic commutes

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

34%

25%

31%

34%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tropic is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tropic are

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

Jobs based in Tropic

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Tropic residents hold

189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+17%

Jobs based in Tropic, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 154. 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.