Photo: Tedder · CC BY 4.0Unemployment in Coalville (0.9%) is lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Coalville; the top destination outside it is Salt Lake City (11%, 28 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all, where Utah as a whole has 18%. Measured by household income, Coalville is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Coalville
Why Coalville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coalville is better than 56% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Coalville’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coalville could be anywhere from C to B+.
How many miles Coalville commutes
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.
The daily commute in and out of Coalville
On a workday 727 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 532 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Coalville on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
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 Coalville goes to work
Where Coalville clocks in
11% of workers
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.
Coalville works in goods: 33% of its jobs
604 jobs are based in Coalville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coalville, 2013 → 2023: 555 → 604. 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 Coalville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Utah
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coalville workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,034 commuters (the 8% 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.
Most trips from Coalville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coalville is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,120 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Coalville households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coalville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Coalville places 1,789th of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 153 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 317 | Lake Shore UT | 1,129 | $99K | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 328 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Fairmount Heights MD | 1,528 | $79K | 24.4% | 5.2% | <1% | B |
| 1,788 | Cottonwood MN | 1,138 | $98K | 7.1% | 1.3% | 12% | B |
| 1,789 | Coalville UT | 1,529 | $96K | 12.1% | 0.9% | 9% | B |
| 1,790 | Centerville Township MI | 1,281 | $98K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,791 | Scandia Valley Township MN | 1,346 | $82K | 3.2% | 0.8% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Coalville, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
The towns around Coalville
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coalville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalville | – | B | C | 26 min | $95,729 |
| Hoytsville | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hoytsville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coalville’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 Coalville: questions
What is the median household income in Coalville?
$95,729 (±$20,646) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coalville?
12.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coalville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coalville work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (11%, 28 mi), Park City (7%, 18 mi), East Basin (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coalville walkable?
Coalville is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coalville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coalville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coalville
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.