Photo: Tedder · CC BY 4.0Work means Fillmore for about half of Kanosh’s working residents
The average commute takes 18 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. Only 2% work in Kanosh itself; outside it, Fillmore draws the most (46%, 12 miles). Employers in Kanosh report 49 jobs, and 205 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kanosh and work: the main findings
Nearly half of Kanosh works in Fillmore
95 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Fillmore, 12 miles away. That’s 23 times as many as work in Kanosh itself. The commute map ↓
Kanosh is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Kanosh, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kanosh has about 360 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 205 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Kanosh: the destinations
Where Kanosh clocks in
46% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Kanosh
On a workday 201 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Kanosh on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Kanosh works in goods: 51% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kanosh, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 49. 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 Kanosh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Kanosh, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kanosh workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 134 commuters (the 19% 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 Kanosh
About 28% 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.
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 Kanosh: questions
What is the median household income in Kanosh?
$80,357 (±$42,528) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kanosh?
13.8%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kanosh?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kanosh work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Kanosh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kanosh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kanosh
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.