Photo: John Bonzo · CC BY 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Hurricane
Home is the office for 12% of workers; Utah has 18%. The two grades for Hurricane are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in four stay in Hurricane for work; outside it, St. George is the main destination (37%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hurricane
Hurricane has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hurricane went from 4,032 in 2013 to 7,299 in 2023, +81%. The jobs ↓
Hurricane and St. George trade workers both ways
St. George is the top workplace for Hurricane residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Hurricane come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Hurricane’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hurricane is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #96 of 119 in Utah. Unemployment holds Hurricane’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hurricane could be anywhere from C to B+.
Inside Hurricane’s 7,299 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hurricane, 2013 → 2023: 4,032 → 7,299. 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 Hurricane’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Hurricane to work: where people go
Where Hurricane clocks in
37% 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.
A workday in Hurricane: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 6,944 residents head out to work, 2,102 work right here, and 5,197 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Hurricane
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hurricane workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,544 commuters (the 12% 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 Hurricane goes to work
About 16% 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.
Most trips from Hurricane start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hurricane is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #68 of 119 in Utah. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Utah, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,665 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Hurricane households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hurricane’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hurricane next to U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000: 1,121st of 1,576 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 66 | Bluffdale UT | 19,506 | $130K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 103 | Holladay UT | 31,162 | $117K | 4.1% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 127 | Kaysville UT | 33,307 | $133K | 3.4% | 2.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 1,119 | Yarmouth MA | 25,225 | $86K | 9.5% | 6.1% | 18% | B− |
| 1,120 | Warrensburg MO | 20,283 | $57K | 16.2% | 6.0% | 34% | B− |
| 1,121 | Hurricane UT | 25,745 | $75K | 9.0% | 3.9% | 23% | B− |
| 1,122 | Siloam Springs AR | 21,298 | $72K | 14.6% | 3.3% | 31% | B− |
| 1,123 | Northampton MA | 31,047 | $80K | 13.4% | 5.5% | 32% | B− |
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| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Hurricane, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Work in the towns next to Hurricane
The biggest share goes to Washington (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hurricane workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane | – | B− | B | 22 min | $75,016 |
| La Verkin | 2% | C− | B− | 29 min | $68,269 |
| Washington | 6% | A− | B− | 18 min | $91,853 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hurricane’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 Hurricane: questions
What is the median household income in Hurricane?
$75,016 (±$7,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hurricane?
9.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hurricane?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hurricane work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. George (37%, 13 mi), Washington (6%, 7 mi), Cedar City (4%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hurricane walkable?
Hurricane is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hurricane without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hurricane, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hurricane
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.