Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0A job hub: Garden City has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 414 people come in to work
The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. Employers in Garden City report 470 jobs for 217 working residents. About one in four work in Garden City itself; outside it, Salt Lake City draws the most (7%, 85 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Garden City apart
How far it is to work from Garden City
About 44% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Garden City
On a workday 161 residents head out to work and 56 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Garden City on a workday afternoon, 29% more 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 Garden City’s workers come from
Where Garden City clocks in
7% 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.
What Garden City’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garden City, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 470. 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 Garden City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Garden City’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garden City workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 220 commuters (the 22% 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.
Garden City and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Garden (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Garden City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City | – | — | — | 20 min | $51,875 |
| Garden | 6% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Garden: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Garden City’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 Garden City: questions
What is the median household income in Garden City?
$51,875 (±$31,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garden City?
10.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garden City?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garden City work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (7%, 85 mi), Garden (6%, 4 mi), Evanston (5%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Garden City 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 Garden City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garden City
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.