Mammoth Historic District · Photo: The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Eureka commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where Utah as a whole has 18%. Employers in Eureka report 141 jobs, against 247 working residents. Only 2% work in Eureka itself; outside it, Nephi draws the most (16%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Eureka
Eureka and Nephi trade workers both ways
Nephi is the top workplace for Eureka residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Eureka come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Eureka workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 247 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Eureka’s residents
Where Eureka clocks in
16% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Utah
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eureka workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 6% 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.
Who leaves Eureka for work, and who comes in
On a workday 242 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Eureka on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Most jobs in Eureka are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eureka, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 141. 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 Eureka’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Eureka to work
About 19% 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 Eureka: questions
What is the median household income in Eureka?
$74,028 (±$13,416) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eureka?
19.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eureka?
37 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eureka work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nephi (16%, 23 mi), Spanish Fork (6%, 27 mi), Provo (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eureka without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eureka, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eureka
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.