Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0There are 1.8 jobs in Loa for every working resident, and 322 people commute in
A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. Employers in Loa report 375 jobs, and 211 of its residents work somewhere. About one in four work in Loa itself; outside it, Bicknell draws the most (13%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Loa: the gist
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Loa workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Loa are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Loa’s own working residents. 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; with 211 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Loa
About 38% 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.
From Loa, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loa workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 182 commuters (the 15% 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.
30% of the jobs in Loa make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loa, 2013 → 2023: 306 → 375. 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 Loa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Loa fills up on a workday
On a workday 158 residents head out to work and 53 work right here.
About 670 people are in Loa on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Loa: where workers come from
Where Loa clocks in
13% of workers
2% 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.
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 Loa: questions
What is the median household income in Loa?
$98,603 (±$17,738) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loa?
0.4%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loa?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loa work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bicknell (13%, 7 mi), Torrey (5%, 14 mi), Provo (2%, 127 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Loa without a car?
0% 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 Loa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loa
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.