Tony Grove Ranger Station Historic District · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Garden at work: jobs, income and the commute
Home is the office for 100% of workers, next to 18% for Utah as a whole. Employers in Garden report 61 jobs; 87 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Garden
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Garden on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.70 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.
29% of working residents work in Garden City
Where Garden clocks in
29% of workers
5% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Garden
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garden, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 61. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Garden
of Garden workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Garden’s commute, mile by mile
About 38% 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 towns next door employ 29% of Garden
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Garden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden | – | — | — | — | — |
| Garden City | 29% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Garden City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Garden City. Darker towns draw more of Garden’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: questions
What is the poverty rate in Garden?
0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Garden work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Garden City (29%, 4 mi), Randolph (5%, 19 mi), Logan (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Garden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garden
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.