Work & commute · Vernal

Work & commute in Vernal, UT

About one in 3 of Vernal’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Naples (6%), Roosevelt (5%) and Salt Lake City (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

1,576 of 4,714 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 3,138 Vernal residents head out of town to work, 1,576 work right here, and 4,616 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernal.

3,138live here, work elsewhere

1,576live and work here

4,616work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernal goes to work

Vernal (in town)right here

33%1,576

Naples2.8 mi away

6%305

Roosevelt26.3 mi away

5%231

Salt Lake City127.3 mi away

4%198

Maeser2.5 mi away

2%90

West Valley City130.9 mi away

1%62

Ballard24.2 mi away

1%50

Provo111.9 mi away

1%49

Ogden137.9 mi away

1%49

Orem114.3 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,058

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

How far

How far Vernal commutes

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

53%

10%

33%

53%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernal is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernal are

6,192 jobs are based in Vernal. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vernal’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vernal

6,192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Vernal residents hold

4,714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−8%

Jobs based in Vernal, 2013 → 2023: 6,739 → 6,192. 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.