Work & commute · West Jordan

Work & commute in West Jordan, UT

Most working residents leave West Jordan for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (25%), West Valley City (9%) and Sandy (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

6,135 of 61,467 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 55,332 West Jordan residents head out of town to work, 6,135 work right here, and 30,864 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Jordan.

55,332live here, work elsewhere

6,135live and work here

30,864work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Jordan goes to work

Salt Lake City12.5 mi away

25%15,139

West Jordan (in town)right here

10%6,135

West Valley City6 mi away

9%5,314

Sandy8.2 mi away

6%3,472

South Jordan3.3 mi away

5%3,299

Murray6.9 mi away

5%3,191

Draper10.2 mi away

5%3,041

South Salt Lake8.9 mi away

4%2,163

Taylorsville4.6 mi away

3%1,777

Midvale5.7 mi away

3%1,686

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%16,250

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

How far

How far West Jordan commutes

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

61%

31%

61%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Jordan is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Jordan are

36,999 jobs are based in West Jordan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Jordan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Jordan

36,999 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs West Jordan residents hold

61,467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+32%

Jobs based in West Jordan, 2013 → 2023: 28,087 → 36,999. 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.