Joseph and Margaret Wilkinson House · Photo: Ntsimp · CC0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Hobble Creek works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Hobble Creek; the top destination outside it is Provo (28%, 9 miles). There are 22 jobs in Hobble Creek for 64 working residents. Home is the office for 3% of workers; Utah has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Hobble Creek
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 63 people are in Hobble Creek on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Commuting out of Hobble Creek: the destinations
Where Hobble Creek clocks in
28% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hobble Creek, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 22. 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 Hobble Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Hobble Creek, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hobble Creek workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 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.
How far it is to work from Hobble Creek
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.
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 Hobble Creek: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hobble Creek?
0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hobble Creek?
36 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hobble Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Provo (28%, 9 mi), Orem (13%, 13 mi), Springville (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hobble Creek 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 Hobble Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hobble Creek
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.