Photo: Leon7 · CC BY-SA 3.0Clarkston has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Clarkston report 32 jobs, against 378 working residents. Only 2% work in Clarkston; the top destination outside it is Logan (21%, 16 miles). 6% of workers work from home, where Utah as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clarkston and work: the main findings
Clarkston is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Clarkston, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clarkston has about 400 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Clarkston workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 378 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Clarkston: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 369 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Clarkston on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer 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.
Miles to work from Clarkston
About 31% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Clarkston
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarkston workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 262 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where Clarkston goes to work
Where Clarkston clocks in
21% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Clarkston works in goods: 41% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarkston, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 32. 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 Clarkston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Clarkston: questions
What is the median household income in Clarkston?
$75,208 (±$25,880) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarkston?
8.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarkston?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarkston work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (21%, 16 mi), Smithfield (6%, 13 mi), Salt Lake City (5%, 79 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clarkston without a car?
2% 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 Clarkston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarkston
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.