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Cache, Utah (9095427135)Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Jobs & commute in Cache

Cache has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

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

11 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
Utah 8.5%
Work in town
0%
0 of 22 working residents
Day and night

Cache quiets down on a workday

On a workday 22 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.

22live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
11work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night6
Workday0
6live here− 22head out to work+ 11come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Cache on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.50jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.50 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.

The commute map

18% of working residents work in Logan

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

NewtonAmalga: 3 residents work here (14%)Corinne: 1 residents work here (5%)Nibley: 1 residents work here (5%)HyrumSmithfield: 1 residents work here (5%)North Logan: 2 residents work here (9%)WendoverNorth Salt Lake: 1 residents work here (5%)Tremonton: 1 residents work here (5%)TrentonCottonwood Heights: 1 residents work here (5%)Logan: 4 residents work here (18%)LaytonSalt Lake City: 3 residents work here (14%)CacheCovePeterBensonLoganAmalgaSalt Lake CityNorth LoganCorinneNibleyCache
1
Logan11 mi away
18%4
2
Amalga6.5 mi away
14%3
3
Salt Lake City73 mi away
14%3
4
North Logan11.6 mi away
9%2
5
Corinne20 mi away
5%1
6
Nibley14 mi away
5%1
7
Smithfield9.9 mi away
5%1
8
North Salt Lake68.1 mi away
5%1
9
Tremonton11.6 mi away
5%1
10
Cottonwood Heights84.7 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
18%4
The top trips

Where Cache clocks in

18% of workers
11 mi awayLogan4 Cache residents work here · Jobs & commute →
14%Amalga
14% of workers
6.5 mi awayAmalga3 Cache residents work here · Jobs & commute →
14% of workers
73 mi awaySalt Lake City3 Cache residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

The jobs

Cache makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods

11 jobs are based in Cache. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cache’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in CacheJobs Cache residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%36%
Trade, transport & utilities0%23%
Services: health, schools, offices0%41%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%9%
Over $3,333 a month82%82%

Who does it

29 or younger0%5%
30 to 5473%64%
55 and older27%32%
−35%

Jobs based in Cache, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 11. 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.

How far

Half of Cache commutes less than 12 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLogan: 18% · 11 miAmalga: 14% · 6.5 miSalt Lake City: 14% · 73 miNorth Logan: 9% · 11.6 miCorinne: 5% · 20 miNibley: 5% · 14 miSmithfield: 5% · 9.9 miNorth Salt Lake: 5% · 68.1 miTremonton: 5% · 11.6 miCottonwood Heights: 5% · 84.7 miLogan 18%Amalga 14%Salt Lake City 14%North Logan 9%Corinne 5%Cache
CacheTop destinations (size = commuters)
27%Under 10 mi6 residents
45%10–24 mi10 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
27%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 27% 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.

Next door

Cache and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Cache’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Peter: few work hereBenson: few work herePeterBensonCache
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Peterunder 5% of CacheBensonunder 5% of Cache

Jobs & commute next door

TownCache workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Cache–————
Peterunder 5%——33 min—
Bensonunder 5%B−C+20 min$93,194

Same-state neighbors only. Peter: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

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 Cache: questions

What is the poverty rate in Cache?

0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Cache work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (18%, 11 mi), Amalga (14%, 6 mi), Salt Lake City (14%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Cache

Cache home →
HandbookGetting around CacheRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in UTShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.