Photo: Tedder · CC BY 4.0At 9.7%, unemployment in Fillmore is higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
About half work in Fillmore itself; outside it, Delta draws the most (5%, 30 miles). The two grades for Fillmore are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 11% of workers, where Utah as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fillmore in brief
Commutes from Fillmore are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 22 across Utah. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Utah worker. Time on the road ↓
Fillmore has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fillmore went from 1,094 in 2013 to 1,488 in 2023, +36%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Fillmore
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fillmore is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #114 of 119 in Utah. The poverty rate holds Fillmore’s grade up (10.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fillmore could be anywhere from D− to B.
About 14 minutes each way, quicker than most of Utah
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fillmore workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 909 commuters (the 11% 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 Fillmore’s employers do
1,488 jobs are based in Fillmore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fillmore, 2013 → 2023: 1,094 → 1,488. 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 Fillmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fillmore’s commute, mile by mile
About 33% 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.
How a workday changes Fillmore
On a workday 592 residents head out to work, 502 work right here, and 986 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Fillmore on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).
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 Fillmore goes to work
Where Fillmore clocks in
5% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
In Fillmore, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fillmore is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #49 of 119 in Utah. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Utah, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,024 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). 1.3% of Fillmore households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fillmore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fillmore places 4,154th of 4,882 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Lake Point UT | 2,947 | $137K | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 435 | Richmond UT | 3,130 | $110K | 1.0% | 0.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 479 | River Heights UT | 2,253 | $118K | 5.5% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,152 | Gooding ID | 3,855 | $42K | 27.5% | 3.3% | 25% | D |
| 4,153 | Manistique MI | 2,868 | $38K | 18.4% | 3.3% | 41% | D |
| 4,154 | Fillmore UT | 2,874 | $66K | 10.5% | 9.7% | 46% | D |
| 4,155 | Baraga Township MI | 3,382 | $52K | 16.5% | 4.3% | 44% | D |
| 4,156 | Franklinville NY | 2,715 | $64K | 16.2% | 5.9% | 13% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Fillmore, 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 Fillmore: questions
What is the median household income in Fillmore?
$66,442 (±$14,422) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fillmore?
10.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fillmore?
14 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fillmore work?
46% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delta (5%, 30 mi), Salt Lake City (3%, 127 mi), Provo (3%, 96 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fillmore walkable?
Fillmore is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fillmore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fillmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fillmore
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.