Work & commute · Washington Terrace

Work & commute in Washington Terrace, UT

Most working residents leave Washington Terrace for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ogden (27%), Salt Lake City (11%) and Layton (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

157 of 4,363 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,206 Washington Terrace residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 3,610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Washington Terrace.

4,206live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

3,610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Washington Terrace goes to work

Ogden4.2 mi away

27%1,182

Salt Lake City27.3 mi away

11%462

Layton6.3 mi away

6%279

Clearfield5.3 mi away

5%197

South Ogden1.1 mi away

4%164

Washington Terrace (in town)right here

4%157

Riverdale1.3 mi away

3%142

Roy3.7 mi away

3%134

West Valley City33.2 mi away

2%72

West Haven4.8 mi away

2%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,503

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

How far

How far Washington Terrace commutes

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

63%

23%

63%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Washington Terrace is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Washington Terrace are

3,767 jobs are based in Washington Terrace. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Washington Terrace’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Washington Terrace

3,767 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Washington Terrace residents hold

4,363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+46%

Jobs based in Washington Terrace, 2013 → 2023: 2,586 → 3,767. 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.