Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Hooper commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hooper has 666 jobs; 4,272 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Hooper A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Measured by household income, Hooper is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hooper and work: the main findings
Hooper has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hooper went from 385 in 2013 to 666 in 2023, +73%. The jobs ↓
Hooper is a place people come home to
There are 666 jobs based in Hooper, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hooper has about 6,100 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Hooper’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 24 minutes, longer than the Utah average of 22. Time on the road ↓
Hooper makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Hooper are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hooper residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Hooper
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hooper is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #27 of 119 in Utah. Household income is its strongest input ($113,333, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). 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, Hooper could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
A place that makes things: 37% of Hooper’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hooper, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 666. 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 Hooper’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Hooper
On a workday 4,111 residents head out to work, 161 work right here, and 505 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Hooper on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 from Hooper: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hooper workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,683 commuters (the 17% 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.
20% of working residents work in Ogden
Where Hooper clocks in
20% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hooper
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.
The commute in Hooper is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hooper is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #114 of 119 in Utah. Both inputs place Hooper 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 4,434 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). 1.6% of Hooper households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hooper’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hooper ranks: 368th of 2,800 U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | West Point UT | 13,058 | $121K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 366 | Palos Heights IL | 12,084 | $109K | 5.2% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| 367 | Lafayette Township IN | 8,526 | $118K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 6% | A |
| 368 | Hooper UT | 9,741 | $113K | 4.4% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 369 | Ogden NC | 8,249 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 4% | A |
| 370 | Innsbrook VA | 8,578 | $129K | 5.0% | 3.6% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,800 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Hooper, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Work next door: 11% of Hooper’s workers
The biggest share goes to Roy (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hooper workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooper | – | A | C− | 24 min | $113,333 |
| Roy | 6% | A | A− | 25 min | $91,282 |
| West Haven | 5% | A | B− | 23 min | $101,012 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hooper’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 Hooper: questions
What is the median household income in Hooper?
$113,333 (±$19,781) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hooper?
4.4%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hooper?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hooper work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ogden (20%, 17 mi), Salt Lake City (11%, 33 mi), Roy (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hooper walkable?
Hooper is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hooper without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hooper, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hooper
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.