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Jobs & commute in Bluebell

How Bluebell works: jobs, income and commuting

A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes, where Utah has 22 and the U.S. 26. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Utah as a whole has 18%. Only 1% work in Bluebell itself; outside it, Roosevelt draws the most (27%, 13 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Bluebell

On a workday 98 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.

98live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
98work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night260
Workday260
260live here− 98head out to work+ 98come in to work= 260on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Bluebell to work: where people go

Altamont: 3 residents work here (3%)Myton: 3 residents work here (3%)Duchesne: 5 residents work here (5%)VernalPrice: 2 residents work here (2%)Midvale: 2 residents work here (2%)Roosevelt: 27 residents work here (27%)HighlandBallard: 2 residents work here (2%)Millcreek: 2 residents work here (2%)HeberSaratoga SpringsSandy: 2 residents work here (2%)Salt Lake City: 3 residents work here (3%)NeolaMaeserBluebellRooseveltDuchesneAltamontMytonSalt Lake CityPriceBluebell
1
Roosevelt13.2 mi away
27%27
2
Duchesne15.1 mi away
5%5
3
Altamont3.4 mi away
3%3
4
Myton13.8 mi away
3%3
5
Salt Lake City94.1 mi away
3%3
6
Price60 mi away
2%2
7
Midvale89.6 mi away
2%2
8
Ballard15 mi away
2%2
9
Millcreek87.5 mi away
2%2
10
Sandy86.8 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%48
The top trips

Where Bluebell clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

What work there is in Bluebell: 99 jobs

99 jobs are based in Bluebell.

Jobs based in BluebellJobs Bluebell residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms11%30%
Trade, transport & utilities36%20%
Services: health, schools, offices53%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%21%
Over $3,333 a month46%58%

Who does it

29 or younger15%25%
30 to 5464%53%
55 and older21%22%
+90%

Jobs based in Bluebell, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 99. 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 Bluebell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

A commute of about 22 minutes in Bluebell

A year of commuting
165 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bluebell22 min
Utah22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Bluebell workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Bluebell gets to work
74%Drive alone
22%Carpool
4%Walk

Share of the 170 commuters (the 0% 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bluebell

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRoosevelt: 27% · 13.2 miDuchesne: 5% · 15.1 miAltamont: 3% · 3.4 miMyton: 3% · 13.8 miSalt Lake City: 3% · 94.1 miPrice: 2% · 60 miMidvale: 2% · 89.6 miBallard: 2% · 15 miMillcreek: 2% · 87.5 miSandy: 2% · 86.8 miRoosevelt 27%Duchesne 5%Altamont 3%Myton 3%Salt Lake City 3%Bluebell
BluebellTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi9 residents
56%10–24 mi55 residents
6%25–50 mi6 residents
29%Over 50 mi29 residents

About 29% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bluebell: questions

What is the median household income in Bluebell?

$91,542 (±$8,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bluebell?

3.8%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bluebell?

22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bluebell work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roosevelt (27%, 13 mi), Duchesne (5%, 15 mi), Altamont (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Bluebell without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bluebell, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Bluebell

Bluebell home →

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.