Work & commute · West Valley

Work & commute in West Valley, UT

Most working residents leave West Valley for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (32%), South Salt Lake (5%) and West Jordan (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

8,995 of 62,857 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 53,862 West Valley residents head out of town to work, 8,995 work right here, and 57,187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Valley.

53,862live here, work elsewhere

8,995live and work here

57,187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Valley goes to work

Salt Lake City7.5 mi away

32%20,272

West Valley City (in town)right here

14%8,995

South Salt Lake6 mi away

5%3,098

West Jordan6 mi away

5%2,926

Murray7.1 mi away

5%2,845

Sandy11.7 mi away

4%2,253

Draper15.3 mi away

3%1,977

Taylorsville3.9 mi away

3%1,868

South Jordan9.3 mi away

3%1,864

Millcreek9.5 mi away

3%1,804

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%14,955

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

How far

How far West Valley commutes

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

72%

19%

72%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Valley are

66,182 jobs are based in West Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Valley

66,182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs West Valley residents hold

62,857 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+10%

Jobs based in West Valley, 2013 → 2023: 60,196 → 66,182. 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.