Swett Ranch · Photo: JERRYE AND KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Flaming Gorge
0% of workers have no commute at all; Utah has 18%. Only 2% work in Flaming Gorge; the top destination outside it is Manila (21%, 15 miles). Flaming Gorge has 62 jobs, against 43 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Flaming Gorge
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Flaming Gorge on a workday afternoon, 90% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 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.
The towns that employ Flaming Gorge’s residents
Where Flaming Gorge clocks in
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flaming Gorge, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 62. 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 Flaming Gorge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Flaming Gorge
of Flaming Gorge workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 commuters (the 0% 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 Flaming Gorge’s workers travel
About 56% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Flaming Gorge workers work outside Utah. The job records count 13% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Flaming Gorge: questions
What is the median household income in Flaming Gorge?
$37,250 (±$3,118) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flaming Gorge?
0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Flaming Gorge work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manila (21%, 15 mi), Dutch John (5%, 5 mi), West Valley City (5%, 133 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Flaming Gorge 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 Flaming Gorge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flaming Gorge
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.