Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainHyrum has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Hyrum are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 2,880 jobs are based in Hyrum; 5,501 of its residents have a job. About one in ten stay in Hyrum for work; outside it, Logan is the main destination (29%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hyrum, in a few figures
Hyrum and Logan trade workers both ways
Logan is the top workplace for Hyrum residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Hyrum come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hyrum makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in Hyrum are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hyrum residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
A young workforce
31% of Hyrum’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Hyrum has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hyrum went from 2,125 in 2013 to 2,880 in 2023, +36%. 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.
Jobs & income in Hyrum: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hyrum is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #85 of 119 in Utah. Household income holds Hyrum’s grade up ($88,725, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hyrum could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Out of Hyrum to work: where people go
Where Hyrum clocks in
29% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 54% of the jobs in Hyrum
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hyrum, 2013 → 2023: 2,125 → 2,880. 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 Hyrum’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Hyrum, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,913 residents head out to work, 588 work right here, and 2,292 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,500 people are in Hyrum on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Hyrum
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hyrum workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,148 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 Hyrum’s workers travel
About 25% 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.
The commute in Hyrum is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hyrum is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #92 of 119 in Utah. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Utah, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,773 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). 1.9% of Hyrum households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hyrum’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hyrum places 1,207th of 2,507 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | West Point UT | 13,058 | $121K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,205 | Depew NY | 14,801 | $74K | 9.4% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
| 1,206 | Ingleside TX | 10,085 | $69K | 10.0% | 2.1% | 16% | B |
| 1,207 | Hyrum UT | 11,132 | $89K | 8.6% | 3.3% | 11% | B |
| 1,208 | Fife WA | 11,061 | $91K | 11.2% | 5.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,209 | Logan Township PA | 12,147 | $73K | 10.6% | 2.0% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Hyrum, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
How Hyrum compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Nibley (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Hyrum’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 Hyrum: questions
What is the median household income in Hyrum?
$88,725 (±$4,342) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hyrum?
8.6%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hyrum?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hyrum work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (29%, 7 mi), Salt Lake City (5%, 59 mi), North Logan (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hyrum walkable?
Hyrum is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hyrum without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hyrum, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hyrum
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.