Photo: SunDawn · CC BY-SA 4.0La Verkin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
7% of workers have no commute at all; Utah has 18%. La Verkin has 763 jobs, against 1,978 working residents. For jobs and income La Verkin is better than 16% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets La Verkin apart on work
La Verkin has added jobs fast
Jobs based in La Verkin went from 427 in 2013 to 763 in 2023, +79%. The jobs ↓
La Verkin workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
29% of La Verkin works in St. George
564 working residents, 29%, have their main job in St. George, 21 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in La Verkin itself. The commute map ↓
A young workforce
30% of La Verkin’s working residents are 29 or younger. 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.
Inside La Verkin’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds La Verkin’s grade up ($68,269, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, La Verkin could be anywhere from D− to B.
Making and building: 34% of jobs based in La Verkin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Verkin, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 763. 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 La Verkin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from La Verkin takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Verkin workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,789 commuters (the 7% 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.
29% of working residents work in St. George
Where La Verkin clocks in
29% of workers
20% 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.
How many people are in La Verkin by day
On a workday 1,805 residents head out to work, 173 work right here, and 590 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in La Verkin on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
How far La Verkin’s workers travel
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.
In La Verkin, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,919 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). 2.0% of La Verkin households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of La Verkin’s commuters take a bus or train.
La Verkin is 3,322nd of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Fruit Heights UT | 5,952 | $141K | 3.9% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | West Bountiful UT | 5,931 | $135K | 3.7% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 196 | Snyderville UT | 5,948 | $144K | 4.6% | 1.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,320 | Central SC | 5,298 | $60K | 30.3% | 4.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,321 | Hazlehurst MS | 3,435 | $44K | 33.0% | 4.4% | 21% | C− |
| 3,322 | La Verkin UT | 4,515 | $68K | 23.5% | 5.7% | 9% | C− |
| 3,323 | Plainfield Township MI | 3,353 | $52K | 16.1% | 3.6% | 13% | C− |
| 3,324 | Ticonderoga NY | 4,549 | $65K | 17.4% | 4.8% | 38% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 La Verkin, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Next door is work for 23% of La Verkin
The biggest share goes to Hurricane (20%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Verkin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Verkin | – | C− | B− | 29 min | $68,269 |
| Hurricane | 20% | B− | B | 22 min | $75,016 |
| Toquerville | 1% | A− | D | 27 min | $97,813 |
| Virgin | 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Virgin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of La Verkin’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 La Verkin: questions
What is the median household income in La Verkin?
$68,269 (±$19,916) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Verkin?
23.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Verkin?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Verkin work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. George (29%, 21 mi), Hurricane (20%, 8 mi), Springdale (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is La Verkin walkable?
La Verkin is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Verkin 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 La Verkin, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Verkin
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.