Cornish has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 10 jobs in Cornish, and 149 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Cornish for work; outside it, Logan is the main destination (13%, 17 miles). 9% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Utah as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cornish by day and by night
On a workday 148 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Cornish on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
Where Cornish goes to work
Where Cornish clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
Cornish is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cornish, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 10. 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 Cornish’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Cornish takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cornish workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 commuters (the 9% 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 Cornish goes to work
About 37% 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.
Cornish and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Lewiston (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Cornish’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 Cornish: questions
What is the median household income in Cornish?
$97,500 (±$26,083) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cornish?
6.4%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cornish?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cornish work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (13%, 17 mi), North Logan (11%, 16 mi), Richmond (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cornish without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cornish, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cornish
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.