Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0There are 2.1 jobs in Bicknell for every working resident, and 220 people commute in
About one in five work in Bicknell; the top destination outside it is Loa (18%, 7 miles). There are 240 jobs in Bicknell; 116 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 13 minutes each way; Utah averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Bicknell on a workday
On a workday 96 residents head out to work and 20 work right here.
About 450 people are in Bicknell on a workday afternoon, 39% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Bicknell, and from where
Where Bicknell clocks in
18% of workers
4% 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.
What Bicknell’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bicknell, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 240. 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 Bicknell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 13 minutes to work from Bicknell
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bicknell workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 221 commuters (the 21% 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 Bicknell
About 32% 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 Bicknell: questions
What is the median household income in Bicknell?
$76,932 (±$38,434) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bicknell?
8.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bicknell?
13 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bicknell work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Loa (18%, 7 mi), Hanksville (4%, 45 mi), Torrey (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bicknell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bicknell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bicknell
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.