Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainEmery has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 24% of workers, the job is at home; Utah has 18%. Emery has 56 jobs; 101 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Emery; the top destination outside it is Green River (25%, 58 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Emery by day and by night
On a workday 99 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Emery on a workday afternoon, 14% 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 Emery to work: where people go
Where Emery clocks in
25% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 80% of the jobs in Emery
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Emery, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 56. 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 Emery’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Emery takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Emery workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 145 commuters (the 24% 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 it is to work from Emery
About 62% 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 Emery: questions
What is the median household income in Emery?
$73,125 (±$56,294) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Emery?
37.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Emery?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Emery work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green River (25%, 58 mi), Castle Dale (10%, 24 mi), Ferron (10%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Emery 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 Emery, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emery
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.