Amalga draws 526 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Amalga; the top destination outside it is Logan (18%, 8 miles). Employers in Amalga report 532 jobs, against 216 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 18% across Utah.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Amalga apart
Amalga makes and builds things
92% of the jobs based in Amalga are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Amalga residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Amalga is where the jobs are
Amalga has 532 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 840 people are in town, 60% more than the 520 who live here. Day and night ↓
Amalga and Logan trade workers both ways
Logan is the top workplace for Amalga residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Amalga come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 216 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Amalga works in goods: 92% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amalga, 2013 → 2023: 361 → 532. 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 Amalga’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Amalga
On a workday 210 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 840 people are in Amalga on a workday afternoon, 60% more 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.
Commuting in to Amalga: where workers come from
Where Amalga clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
The daily trip from Amalga: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amalga workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 232 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Amalga
About 33% 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.
How Amalga compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Amalga’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Amalga: questions
What is the median household income in Amalga?
$97,679 (±$16,285) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amalga?
0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amalga?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amalga work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (18%, 8 mi), Salt Lake City (8%, 75 mi), Smithfield (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Amalga without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amalga, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amalga
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.