Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Green River has 2.2 jobs for every working resident: 553 people commute in to work
Employers in Green River report 622 jobs, against 285 working residents. About one in four stay in Green River for work; outside it, Ferron is the main destination (7%, 52 miles). Working from home is the commute for 11% of workers (Utah 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Green River: the gist
A big share show a job far from home
56% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Green River is where the jobs are
Green River has 622 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Green River are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 22 across Utah. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Utah 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 285 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Green River’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.
How a workday changes Green River
On a workday 216 residents head out to work and 69 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Green River on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The daily trip from Green River: about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green River workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 289 commuters (the 11% 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.
The daily trip into Green River
Where Green River clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
In Green River, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green River, 2013 → 2023: 468 → 622. 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 Green River’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Green River: questions
What is the median household income in Green River?
$65,129 (±$30,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green River?
12.2%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green River?
13 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green River work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ferron (7%, 52 mi), Castle Dale (7%, 48 mi), Huntington (4%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Green River without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green River, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green River
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.