Alton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
12 jobs are based in Alton, and 26 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Alton itself; outside it, Orderville draws the most (15%, 14 miles). Home is the office for 6% of workers, against 18% across Utah.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Alton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Alton on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Alton goes to work
Where Alton clocks in
15% of workers
15% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Alton makes things: 58% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alton, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 12. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way for Alton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alton workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Alton’s workers travel
About 46% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Alton: questions
What is the median household income in Alton?
$71,250 (±$40,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alton?
2.7%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alton?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orderville (15%, 14 mi), Kanab (15%, 28 mi), Page (8%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.