Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 4.0Ferron has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
About one in ten work in Ferron; the top destination outside it is Green River (20%, 52 miles). There are 185 jobs in Ferron; 480 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Ferron are D for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ferron at work: what stands out
Ferron’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Ferron is Green River, 52 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (94) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
57% 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 480 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Ferron
On income, poverty and job access, Ferron is better than 11% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Ferron’s grade up ($70,947, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.6%) is left out: Ferron’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ferron could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Half of Ferron commutes less than 53 miles
About 57% 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.
Ferron quiets down on a workday
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Ferron on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Where Ferron goes to work
Where Ferron clocks in
20% of workers
10% of workers
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 Ferron
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ferron, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 185. 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 Ferron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Ferron
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ferron workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 434 commuters (the 17% 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.
Getting around Ferron: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ferron is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ferron near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 523 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Ferron households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ferron’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ferron places 4,703rd of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 153 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 317 | Lake Shore UT | 1,129 | $99K | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 328 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,701 | Mount Gilead NC | 1,187 | $59K | 16.8% | 7.3% | 8% | D |
| 4,702 | Honey Grove TX | 1,806 | $47K | 13.1% | 2.8% | 5% | D |
| 4,703 | Ferron UT | 1,522 | $71K | 17.7% | 7.6% | 8% | D |
| 4,704 | Athens WV | 1,184 | $57K | 19.4% | 5.7% | <1% | D |
| 4,705 | Burnham ME | 1,108 | $59K | 13.6% | 6.2% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Ferron, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
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 Ferron: questions
What is the median household income in Ferron?
$70,947 (±$28,302) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ferron?
17.7%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ferron?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ferron work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green River (20%, 52 mi), Castle Dale (10%, 11 mi), Salt Lake City (5%, 124 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ferron walkable?
Ferron is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ferron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ferron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ferron
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.