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Jobs & commute in Hoytsville

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Hoytsville works elsewhere

120 jobs are based in Hoytsville; 432 of its residents have a job. Working residents average 24 minutes each way; Utah averages 22, the U.S. 26. For 13% of workers, the job is at home; Utah has 18%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out

The work figures that set Hoytsville apart

★ What stands out · Day and night

Hoytsville by day and by night

On a workday 419 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.

419live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
107work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night800
Workday490
800live here− 420head out to work+ 110come in to work= 490on a workday

About 490 people are in Hoytsville on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.28jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

14% of working residents work in Coalville

HeneferKamas: 9 residents work here (2%)Coalville: 60 residents work here (14%)ClintonSouth Salt Lake: 10 residents work here (2%)Cottonwood HeightsBountifulMurray: 7 residents work here (2%)South JordanHeber: 11 residents work here (3%)Park City: 35 residents work here (8%)LaytonOgden: 8 residents work here (2%)Salt Lake City: 49 residents work here (11%)EvanstonHoytsvilleSnyderville: 20 residents work here (5%)CoalvilleSalt Lake CityPark CitySnydervilleHeberSouth Salt LakeHoytsville
1
Coalville2.9 mi away
14%60
2
Salt Lake City29.2 mi away
11%49
3
Park City16.1 mi away
8%35
4
Snyderville14.5 mi away
5%20
5
Hoytsville (in town)right here
3%13
6
Heber23.1 mi away
3%11
7
South Salt Lake29.3 mi away
2%10
8
Kamas16.7 mi away
2%9
9
Ogden39 mi away
2%8
10
Murray30.5 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%210
The top trips

Where Hoytsville clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Goods, not services: 88% of the jobs in Hoytsville

Jobs based in HoytsvilleJobs Hoytsville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms88%26%
Trade, transport & utilities7%20%
Services: health, schools, offices6%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less6%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%22%
Over $3,333 a month81%61%

Who does it

29 or younger30%26%
30 to 5453%51%
55 and older17%23%
+36%

Jobs based in Hoytsville, 2014 → 2024: 88 → 120. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hoytsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Hoytsville, about 24 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
184 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Hoytsville24 min
Utah22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

of Hoytsville workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Hoytsville gets to work
94%Drive alone
3%Carpool
3%Walk

Share of the 189 commuters (the 13% 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hoytsville

10 mi25 mi45 miCoalville: 14% · 2.9 miSalt Lake City: 11% · 29.2 miPark City: 8% · 16.1 miSnyderville: 5% · 14.5 miHeber: 3% · 23.1 miSouth Salt Lake: 2% · 29.3 miKamas: 2% · 16.7 miOgden: 2% · 39 miMurray: 2% · 30.5 miCoalville 14%Park City 8%Snyderville 5%Heber 3%Hoytsville
HoytsvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi103 residents
26%10–24 mi110 residents
42%25–50 mi182 residents
8%Over 50 mi36 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Work next door: 14% of Hoytsville’s workers

Jobs & commute next door

TownHoytsville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Hoytsville–——24 min$64,643
Coalville14%BC26 min$95,729

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Coalville. Darker towns draw more of Hoytsville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Hoytsville: questions

What is the median household income in Hoytsville?

$64,643 (±$36,699) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Hoytsville?

15.3%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Hoytsville?

24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Hoytsville work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coalville (14%, 3 mi), Salt Lake City (11%, 29 mi), Park City (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Hoytsville 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 Hoytsville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Hoytsville

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.