Cove has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Utah as a whole has 18%. Cove has 91 jobs, and 226 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Cove; the top destination outside it is Logan (21%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Cove, in brief
Cove and Logan trade workers both ways
Logan is the top workplace for Cove residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Cove come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cove workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Cove workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Utah. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 226 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Cove to work: where people go
Where Cove clocks in
21% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
How long Cove spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cove workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 commuters (the 0% 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.
Cove by day and by night
On a workday 225 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Cove on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
A place that makes things: 68% of Cove’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cove, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 91. 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 Cove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Cove works
About 32% 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.
10% of Cove works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Richmond (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Cove’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 Cove: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cove?
0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cove?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cove work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (21%, 16 mi), North Logan (8%, 13 mi), Salt Lake City (8%, 83 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cove
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.