Work & commute · West Wood

Work & commute in West Wood, UT

Most working residents leave West Wood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Price (28%), Salt Lake City (7%) and Provo (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 523 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 516 West Wood residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Wood.

516live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Wood goes to work

Price2.2 mi away

28%146

Salt Lake City99.1 mi away

7%39

Provo61.4 mi away

3%17

Draper82 mi away

3%14

Midvale89.1 mi away

2%13

Wellington7.5 mi away

2%11

Helper5.9 mi away

2%10

Sandy85.4 mi away

2%10

Murray90.9 mi away

2%9

Orem66 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%246

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

How far

How far West Wood commutes

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

41%

49%

41%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Wood is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Wood are

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

Jobs based in West Wood

165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs West Wood residents hold

523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+76%

Jobs based in West Wood, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 165. 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.