Photo: mbush_utah · CC BY 2.0Garland has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
4% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Utah. 355 jobs are based in Garland, against 1,262 working residents. The two grades for Garland are C for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Garland apart
Garland and Tremonton trade workers both ways
Tremonton is the top workplace for Garland residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Garland come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Garland workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 18% across Utah. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Garland is a place people come home to
There are 355 jobs based in Garland, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Garland has about 2,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Garland
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Garland is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #105 of 119 in Utah. Household income holds Garland’s grade up ($74,375, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Garland could be anywhere from D to B+.
16% of working residents work in Tremonton
Where Garland clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Commuting from Garland: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garland workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,135 commuters (the 4% 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 a workday changes Garland
On a workday 1,230 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Garland on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer 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.
Garland is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garland, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 355. 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 Garland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Garland’s workers travel
About 28% 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.
Garland is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Garland is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #118 of 119 in Utah. Both inputs place Garland 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 1,185 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). 13.7% of Garland households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Garland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Garland is 3,349th among 4,882 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 3,347 | Tioga ND | 2,221 | $66K | 8.0% | 2.9% | 28% | C |
| 3,348 | Eagle Lake TX | 3,546 | $69K | 14.1% | 4.5% | 9% | C |
| 3,349 | Garland UT | 2,915 | $74K | 13.5% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,350 | Benzonia Township MI | 2,816 | $73K | 15.5% | 3.5% | 14% | C |
| 3,351 | Alexander Township OH | 2,749 | $81K | 10.1% | 6.7% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Garland, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Next door is work for 16% of Garland
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Tremonton. Darker towns draw more of Garland’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 Garland: questions
What is the median household income in Garland?
$74,375 (±$17,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garland?
13.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garland?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garland work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tremonton (16%, 2 mi), Logan (8%, 17 mi), Brigham City (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Garland walkable?
Garland is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Garland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Garland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garland
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.