Photo: Jackpeck at English Wikipedia · Public domainErda has higher household incomes than 95% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 3.9% of residents, next to 8.5% for Utah as a whole. Jobs and income earn Erda B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 1% stay in Erda for work; outside it, Salt Lake City is the main destination (22%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Erda and work: the main findings
Erda has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Erda went from 367 in 2013 to 618 in 2023, +68%. The jobs ↓
The quickest commute around
Erda’s 26-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 31 to 32 minutes. Next door ↓
Erda’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Erda is Salt Lake City, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (367) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Erda
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Erda is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #81 of 119 in Utah. Household income holds Erda’s grade up ($148,676, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (10.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Erda could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in Erda
618 jobs are based in Erda.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Erda, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 618. 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 Erda’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Erda commutes less than 22 miles
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.
In and out of Erda on a workday
On a workday 1,664 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 597 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Erda on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Erda goes to work
Where Erda clocks in
22% of workers
11% 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.
About 26 minutes to work from Erda
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Erda workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,698 commuters (the 18% 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.
Few in Erda walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Erda is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #113 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,066 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Erda households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Erda’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,283 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,500, Erda comes 1,479th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Lake Point UT | 2,947 | $137K | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 304 | Mountain Green UT | 3,976 | $150K | 0.9% | 1.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 438 | Wellsville UT | 4,303 | $104K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Sunset Beach NC | 4,642 | $82K | 5.7% | 0.7% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,478 | West Grove PA | 2,835 | $93K | 14.1% | 2.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,479 | Erda UT | 4,056 | $149K | 3.9% | 10.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,480 | Culloden WV | 3,040 | $73K | 11.8% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,481 | Moultonborough NH | 5,293 | $107K | 2.1% | 3.9% | 24% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,283 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Erda, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Erda’s workers
The biggest share goes to Tooele (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Erda workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erda | – | B+ | C− | 26 min | $148,676 |
| Tooele | 11% | B+ | A | 31 min | $96,221 |
| Grantsville | 4% | B+ | B− | 32 min | $101,349 |
| Stansbury Park | 2% | A+ | B | 31 min | $126,526 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Erda’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 Erda: questions
What is the median household income in Erda?
$148,676 (±$20,097) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Erda?
3.9%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Erda?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Erda work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (22%, 23 mi), Tooele (11%, 5 mi), West Valley City (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Erda walkable?
Erda is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Erda without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Erda, from the people who make the trip.
More of Erda
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.