Millard Academy · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Hinckley has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 26 jobs in Hinckley, against 270 working residents. Hardly any work in Hinckley; the top destination outside it is Delta (30%, 8 miles). 3% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Utah as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hinckley: the gist
Hinckley is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Hinckley, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hinckley has about 430 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hinckley and Delta trade workers both ways
Delta is the top workplace for Hinckley residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Hinckley come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
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 270 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Hinckley
On a workday 268 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Hinckley on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Out of Hinckley to work: where people go
Where Hinckley clocks in
30% of workers
3% 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 Hinckley to work
About 37% 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.
Jobs in Hinckley: what the 26 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hinckley, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 26. 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 Hinckley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hinckley’s commute takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hinckley workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 461 commuters (the 3% 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.
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 Hinckley: questions
What is the median household income in Hinckley?
$84,844 (±$33,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hinckley?
11.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hinckley?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hinckley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delta (30%, 8 mi), Fillmore (3%, 31 mi), Cedar City (3%, 116 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hinckley 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 Hinckley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hinckley
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.