Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Bryce Canyon City has 4.0 jobs per working resident, and 459 people come in to work
Employers in Bryce Canyon City report 483 jobs, and 122 of its residents work somewhere. About one in five work in Bryce Canyon City; the top destination outside it is Tropic (10%, 5 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 18% across Utah.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Bryce Canyon City for work, and who comes in
On a workday 98 residents head out to work and 24 work right here.
About 710 people are in Bryce Canyon City on a workday afternoon, 104% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Bryce Canyon City
Where Bryce Canyon City clocks in
7% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bryce Canyon City, 2014 → 2024: 513 → 483. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bryce Canyon City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bryce Canyon City
of Bryce Canyon City workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 148 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.
The commute from Bryce Canyon City, by distance
About 39% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Bryce Canyon City: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bryce Canyon City?
14.8%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bryce Canyon City work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tropic (10%, 5 mi), Panguitch (7%, 18 mi), Escalante (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bryce Canyon City 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 Bryce Canyon City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bryce Canyon City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.