Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0Herriman has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns. Employers in Herriman report 6,653 jobs, and 28,514 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Herriman are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Herriman: the gist
Jobs in Herriman have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Herriman went from 2,172 in 2013 to 6,653 in 2023, +206%. The jobs ↓
Herriman is a place people come home to
There are 6,653 jobs based in Herriman, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Herriman has about 41,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Herriman 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 ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Herriman are held by workers 29 or younger, against 28% of Herriman’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Herriman’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Herriman is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #40 of 119 in Utah. Household income is its strongest input ($122,650, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Herriman could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
What Herriman’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Herriman, 2013 → 2023: 2,172 → 6,653. 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 Herriman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Herriman quiets down on a workday
On a workday 27,142 residents head out to work, 1,372 work right here, and 5,281 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41,000 people are in Herriman on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 27 minutes each way for Herriman’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Herriman workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22,804 commuters (the 24% 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.
19% of working residents work in Salt Lake City
Where Herriman clocks in
19% 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.
The distance from Herriman to work
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.
In Herriman, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Herriman is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #45 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 30,020 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 65% 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 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 2.9% of Herriman households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Herriman’s commuters take a bus or train.
Herriman is 157th of 709 U.S. towns of 44,000 to 85,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 35 | Draper UT | 50,652 | $129K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 14% | A |
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| 44 | Riverton UT | 47,395 | $127K | 3.6% | 3.4% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Saratoga Springs UT | 61,397 | $129K | 5.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Medford MA | 59,834 | $130K | 7.6% | 4.3% | 8% | A |
| 156 | Cedar Park TX | 79,032 | $130K | 5.9% | 4.5% | 7% | A |
| 157 | Herriman UT | 63,282 | $123K | 4.9% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 158 | Grove City OH | 45,180 | $93K | 6.4% | 3.0% | 11% | A |
| 159 | Bountiful UT | 44,988 | $105K | 6.9% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 709 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | 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 Herriman, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Work next door: 11% of Herriman’s workers
The biggest share goes to South Jordan (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Herriman workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herriman | – | A | A− | 27 min | $122,650 |
| Bluffdale | under 4% | A+ | B | 21 min | $129,531 |
| South Jordan | 7% | A+ | A | 24 min | $134,047 |
| Riverton | 4% | A | A | 25 min | $126,910 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Herriman’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 Herriman: questions
What is the median household income in Herriman?
$122,650 (±$4,073) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Herriman?
4.9%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Herriman?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Herriman work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (19%, 20 mi), Draper (7%, 8 mi), West Jordan (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Herriman walkable?
Herriman is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Herriman without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Herriman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Herriman
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.