Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0Francis has lower unemployment (0.3%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Francis A; getting around on foot earns it C+. Measured by household income, Francis is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. Only 3% stay in Francis for work; outside it, Kamas is the main destination (17%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Francis, in a few figures
Francis and Kamas trade workers both ways
Kamas is the top workplace for Francis residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Francis come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Francis is a place people come home to
There are 220 jobs based in Francis, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Francis has about 1,400 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Francis workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 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 840 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Francis’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Francis is better than 86% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Francis’ grade up (0.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Francis could be anywhere from A− to A.
Out of Francis to work: where people go
Where Francis clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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.
Francis on a workday afternoon
On a workday 816 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Francis on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Francis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Francis workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 986 commuters (the 19% 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.
A place that makes things: 38% of Francis’ jobs are in goods
220 jobs are based in Francis.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Francis, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 220. 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 Francis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Francis
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.
For most of Francis, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Francis is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Francis 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 1,217 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.5% of Francis households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Francis’ commuters take a bus or train.
Francis next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800: 518th of 5,793 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 169 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 426 | Silver Summit UT | 1,476 | $242K | 6.8% | 6.4% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 435 | South Willard UT | 1,532 | $119K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 516 | Oakbrook Terrace IL | 2,792 | $77K | 17.3% | 3.7% | 3% | A |
| 517 | Milford Township OH | 2,039 | $91K | 0.9% | 4.4% | 1% | A |
| 518 | Francis UT | 2,053 | $117K | 0.7% | 0.3% | 3% | A |
| 519 | Jubilee Township IL | 1,743 | $125K | 5.4% | 2.1% | 0% | A |
| 520 | Wayne Township IN | 1,737 | $125K | 3.1% | 4.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Francis, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Francis and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Francis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis | – | A | C+ | 27 min | $117,054 |
| Woodland | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Francis’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 Francis: questions
What is the median household income in Francis?
$117,054 (±$18,141) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Francis?
0.7%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Francis?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Francis work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kamas (17%, 3 mi), Park City (12%, 12 mi), Salt Lake City (10%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Francis walkable?
Francis is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Francis without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Francis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Francis
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.