Work & commute · West Haven

Work & commute in West Haven, UT

Most working residents leave West Haven for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ogden (24%), Salt Lake City (10%) and Layton (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

421 of 9,228 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,807 West Haven residents head out of town to work, 421 work right here, and 4,240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Haven.

8,807live here, work elsewhere

421live and work here

4,240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Haven goes to work

Ogden4.6 mi away

24%2,226

Salt Lake City30.7 mi away

10%928

Layton10.3 mi away

6%553

Clearfield8 mi away

6%516

Roy2.6 mi away

5%496

West Haven (in town)right here

5%421

Riverdale3.6 mi away

3%285

South Ogden5.6 mi away

2%194

Washington Terrace4.8 mi away

2%166

West Valley City36 mi away

2%162

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,281

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

How far

How far West Haven commutes

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

62%

11%

22%

62%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Haven is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Haven are

4,661 jobs are based in West Haven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Haven

4,661 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs West Haven residents hold

9,228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+28%

Jobs based in West Haven, 2013 → 2023: 3,638 → 4,661. 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.