Work & commute · Wellington

Work & commute in Wellington, UT

Most working residents leave Wellington for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Price (32%), Salt Lake City (5%) and Provo (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 745 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 725 Wellington residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 422 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellington.

725live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

422work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellington goes to work

Price5.9 mi away

32%237

Salt Lake City106.3 mi away

5%36

Wellington (in town)right here

3%20

Provo68.8 mi away

3%19

Helper12.5 mi away

2%17

West Valley City104.4 mi away

2%17

Draper89.4 mi away

2%15

Lehi85.6 mi away

2%13

East Carbon16.2 mi away

2%12

Spanish Fork62.6 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%349

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

How far

How far Wellington commutes

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

41%

47%

41%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellington is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellington are

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

Jobs based in Wellington

442 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Wellington residents hold

745 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+28%

Jobs based in Wellington, 2013 → 2023: 345 → 442. 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.