Photo: DarkNight0917 · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 10.7 jobs in Brian Head for every working resident, and 416 people commute in
Working from home is the commute for 54% of workers; Utah has 18%. There are 418 jobs in Brian Head, and 39 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% stay in Brian Head for work; outside it, Cedar City is the main destination (28%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Brian Head: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 37 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 540 people are in Brian Head on a workday afternoon, 234% more than live here.
10.7 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.
Where Brian Head’s workforce comes from
Where Brian Head clocks in
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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Brian Head
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brian Head, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 418. 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 Brian Head’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Brian Head
of Brian Head workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 55% 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 it is to work from Brian Head
About 41% 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 Brian Head: questions
What is the median household income in Brian Head?
$75,125 (±$31,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brian Head?
14.9%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Brian Head work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cedar City (28%, 14 mi), Parowan (13%, 9 mi), St. George (8%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brian Head 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 Brian Head, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brian Head
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.