Photo: Bernardgeorgeh · CC BY-SA 4.0Dutch John has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Dutch John has 27 jobs, against 66 working residents. Only 6% stay in Dutch John for work; outside it, Manila is the main destination (23%, 17 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 18% across Utah.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Dutch John
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 96 people are in Dutch John on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Out of Dutch John to work: where people go
Where Dutch John clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Dutch John
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dutch John, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 27. 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 Dutch John’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Dutch John
of Dutch John workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 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.
How many miles Dutch John commutes
About 52% 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.
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 Dutch John: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dutch John?
22.6%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dutch John work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manila (23%, 17 mi), Tooele (5%, 154 mi), Flaming Gorge (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dutch John 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 Dutch John, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dutch John
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.