Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Elsinore commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% stay in Elsinore for work; outside it, Richfield is the main destination (29%, 6 miles). Elsinore has 72 jobs for 338 working residents. 7% of workers work from home; Utah has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Elsinore, in brief
Elsinore and Richfield trade workers both ways
Richfield is the top workplace for Elsinore residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Elsinore come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Elsinore is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Elsinore, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Elsinore has about 640 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
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 338 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Elsinore’s residents
Where Elsinore clocks in
29% of workers
9% 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.
Who works in Elsinore, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 331 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Elsinore 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Elsinore
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.
42% of the jobs in Elsinore make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elsinore, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 72. 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 Elsinore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Elsinore
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elsinore workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 299 commuters (the 7% 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.
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 Elsinore: questions
What is the median household income in Elsinore?
$70,500 (±$20,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elsinore?
7.4%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elsinore?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elsinore work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richfield (29%, 6 mi), Monroe (9%, 4 mi), Cedar City (5%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elsinore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elsinore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elsinore
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.