Work & commute · West Mountain

Work & commute in West Mountain, UT

Most working residents leave West Mountain for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Payson (12%), Provo (12%) and Orem (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 615 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 607 West Mountain residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Mountain.

607live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Mountain goes to work

Payson2.6 mi away

12%76

Provo15.2 mi away

12%73

Orem17.6 mi away

8%50

Springville11.6 mi away

8%48

Spanish Fork8.5 mi away

7%46

Salt Lake City50.6 mi away

6%39

Lehi25.7 mi away

4%25

American Fork22.5 mi away

3%17

Sandy36.1 mi away

3%16

Lindon20.4 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%213

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

How far

How far West Mountain commutes

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

25%

40%

24%

10%

25%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Mountain is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Mountain are

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

Jobs based in West Mountain

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs West Mountain residents hold

615 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+57%

Jobs based in West Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 202. 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.