Work & commute · West Point

Work & commute in West Point, UT

Most working residents leave West Point for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (14%), Ogden (12%) and Layton (10%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 5,060 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,982 West Point residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 1,109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Point.

4,982live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

1,109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Point goes to work

Salt Lake City25.5 mi away

14%688

Ogden10 mi away

12%625

Layton7.8 mi away

10%519

Clearfield4.5 mi away

8%407

Syracuse2.9 mi away

4%210

Farmington13.8 mi away

3%158

Roy4.3 mi away

3%151

Kaysville10.2 mi away

3%141

West Valley City30.3 mi away

3%134

Riverdale6.1 mi away

2%125

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,902

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

How far

How far West Point commutes

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

49%

18%

28%

49%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Point is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Point are

1,187 jobs are based in West Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Point

1,187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs West Point residents hold

5,060 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+139%

Jobs based in West Point, 2013 → 2023: 497 → 1,187. 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.