Photo: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA · CC BY 2.0Cannonville draws 154 commuters a day, with 3.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% stay in Cannonville for work; outside it, Bryce Canyon City is the main destination (13%, 11 miles). There are 156 jobs in Cannonville for 45 working residents. Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 18% across Utah.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Cannonville on a workday
On a workday 43 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 300 people are in Cannonville on a workday afternoon, 59% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Cannonville
Where Cannonville clocks in
13% 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.
In Cannonville, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cannonville, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 156. 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 Cannonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Cannonville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cannonville workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 commuters (the 3% 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 Cannonville
About 36% 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 Cannonville compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Henrieville (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cannonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannonville | – | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Henrieville | 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Henrieville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cannonville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Cannonville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cannonville?
4.8%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cannonville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cannonville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bryce Canyon City (13%, 11 mi), Tropic (13%, 6 mi), Escalante (11%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cannonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cannonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cannonville
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.