Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Marysvale works elsewhere
Commuters spend 51 minutes getting to work on average; the Utah average is 22, the U.S. 26. There are 52 jobs in Marysvale for 125 working residents. Only 7% stay in Marysvale for work; outside it, Junction is the main destination (15%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Marysvale, and who commutes in
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Marysvale on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Commuting out of Marysvale: the destinations
Where Marysvale clocks in
15% of workers
10% 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 kinds of work in Marysvale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marysvale, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 52. 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 Marysvale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Marysvale takes about 51 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marysvale workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 128 commuters (the 21% 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.
The commute from Marysvale, by distance
About 57% 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 Marysvale: questions
What is the median household income in Marysvale?
$42,250 (±$18,892) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marysvale?
24.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marysvale?
51 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marysvale work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Junction (15%, 14 mi), Circleville (10%, 18 mi), Cedar City (6%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marysvale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marysvale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marysvale
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.