Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Maeser (0.9%) than in 95% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Maeser is ahead of 61% of U.S. towns. Maeser grades B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Maeser and work: the main findings
Maeser and Vernal trade workers both ways
Vernal is the top workplace for Maeser residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Maeser come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Maeser is a place people come home to
There are 450 jobs based in Maeser, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Maeser has about 3,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Maeser
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Maeser is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #87 of 119 in Utah. Unemployment holds Maeser’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maeser could be anywhere from B− to A−.
32% of working residents work in Vernal
Where Maeser clocks in
32% of workers
8% 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.
Maeser on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,854 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 375 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Maeser on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.23 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Maeser
About 30% 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 kinds of work in Maeser
450 jobs are based in Maeser.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maeser, 2013 → 2023: 406 → 450. 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 Maeser’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Maeser: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maeser workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,649 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.
Few in Maeser walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maeser is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #97 of 119 in Utah. Both inputs place Maeser near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,880 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). 1.4% of Maeser households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Maeser’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,000 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000, Maeser comes 1,559th 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Fruit Heights UT | 5,952 | $141K | 3.9% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | West Bountiful UT | 5,931 | $135K | 3.7% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 205 | Snyderville UT | 5,948 | $144K | 4.6% | 1.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,557 | Kankakee Township IN | 4,743 | $109K | 9.0% | 5.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,558 | Wakefield NH | 5,558 | $101K | 7.2% | 2.3% | 13% | B |
| 1,559 | Maeser UT | 4,435 | $84K | 7.7% | 0.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,560 | Glasgow MT | 3,145 | $90K | 8.0% | 0.5% | 52% | B |
| 1,561 | Westmont PA | 4,747 | $109K | 7.8% | 5.5% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | 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 Maeser, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
32% of Maeser works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Vernal. Darker towns draw more of Maeser’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 Maeser: questions
What is the median household income in Maeser?
$83,813 (±$11,233) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maeser?
7.7%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maeser?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maeser work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vernal (32%, 2 mi), Naples (8%, 5 mi), Roosevelt (6%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maeser walkable?
Maeser is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maeser 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 Maeser, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maeser
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.